I hate getting Pap smears. Is there a safe alternative?

You may have heard about HPV testing and self-swabbing to collect the sample. Does that work as well? Here are the ins and outs of this newer option.
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This Simple Test Could Replace the Dreaded Pap Smear

Let's be honest: Pap smears are terrible. Every year, I stare at the ceiling and try my hardest to ignore the scraping of my insides. In the age of AI chatbots and self-driving cars, how has no one ...
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FDA approves first at-home cervical cancer screening test, a pap smear alternative, company says

(CBS) -- The maker of an at-home cervical cancer screening test said Friday it has won approval from the Food and Drug Administration, giving patients an alternative to in-clinic pap smears. The ...
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When Americans Learned That Australians Don't Have To Go To The Gynecologist To Get A Pap Smear, A Huge Conversation Started, And It's Another Reminder Of How Backwards America ...

Lots of Americans on TikTok have been in disbelief after learning that people in other countries apparently have the option to perform Pap smears on themselves via a mail-order kit, in the comfort of ...