Two studies by a team of researchers led by Luis E. Cuevas and Mohammed Yassin from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and jointly coordinated with Andrew Ramsay at WHO-TDR Special Programme ...

New data are suggesting faster and less comprehensive forms of sputum collection may be available to help clinicians diagnose tuberculosis. Luis E. Cuevas, MD, and colleagues at the Liverpool School ...

Most women with cervical cancer have not participated in Pap-smear screening. Self-sampling of vaginal fluid in combination with high-risk HPV testing may be a method to increase the attendance rate.

Back in May of this year, the FDA approved a new method of human papillomavirus (HPV) testing in a healthcare setting. Rather than a standard Pap smear performed with a speculum -- a test dreaded by ...

When it comes to our health, it’s widely believed that prevention is better than cure. Taking the steps to stay well, and screen for issues before they arise, is always preferable to falling ill and ...

Two new studies have important implications for the ways in which diagnosis for the endemic infectious disease, tuberculosis (TB), can be done in poor countries. Two studies by a team of researchers ...