Cervical Cancer | featured news

There's more news on cancer screening tests - this time for women. Scientists advising the government say a Pap test is a good way to screen young and middle-aged women for cervical cancer, and it's only needed once every three years. But they say there is not enough evidence yet to back testing for HPV, the virus that causes the disease.

New guidelines say women can wait until age 21 for initial test to screen for cervical cancer.

The Food and Drug Administration approved a second vaccine intended to protect against cervical cancer.

Health officials paused a vaccination program in the English city of Coventry on Tuesday after a 14-year-old girl died a few hours after being vaccinated against the virus that causes cervical cancer.

British reality TV celebrity Jade Goody died early Sunday morning following a public battle with cancer, her publicist has announced.