Prior to the 1970s, researchers widely believed cervical cancer was caused by the herpes simplex virus. That understanding ...

A drop in precancerous growths in women who hadn’t received the jab suggests the existence of a ‘herd effect’ against the ...

HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection in America. It helps to know the facts about how you can get it and its effects.

In an effort to mitigate those statistics, Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties is now offering a new ...

Researchers with UNC School of Medicine, Gillings School of Global Health, and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center ...

For more than three decades, Ötzi the Iceman has been a kind of time capsule for researchers—an Alpine body preserved so well that it keeps producing scientific “firsts.” Now, a new analysis suggests ...

Two prehistoric genomes have revealed the history of HPV and challenged the idea that Neanderthals first transmitted the ...

This sexually transmitted infection is almost entirely preventable. Here's what experts say you really need to know to protect yourself.

This sexually transmitted infection is almost entirely preventable. Here's what experts say you really need to know to ...

The 5,300-year-old Ötzi the Iceman mummy and a prehistoric man who lived in Siberia 45,000 years ago both carried a ...

Human papillomavirus self-sampling is associated with increased participation by long-term non-attenders in an organised ...