New options for testing and treating some of the most common sexually transmitted diseases are becoming available.

New federal guidance is expanding testing for cervical cancer with a self-collection method. Dr. Mara Gordon speaks to NPR about why this option might become popular for screening for HPV.

While the Pap was invented in the 1940s and involves inspecting cervical cells for precancerous or cancerous shifts, in the ...

A new way to screen for colon cancer is giving Americans more options to spot the disease in its early stages. According to the American Cancer Society, 1-in-3 adults do not get screened as ...

The Food and Drug Administration’s recent approval of a new blood test to aid in the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease is a boost for the School of Nursing’s wet lab. The lab, led by nursing researcher ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials on Friday endorsed the first blood test that can help diagnose Alzheimer’s and identify patients who may benefit from drugs that can modestly slow the ...

Swiss-based Roche announced this month that it has received U.S. regulatory clearance for a less-complex vitamin D test in the United States, which the company said opens the door to more efficient ...

Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Oncomine Dx Target Test Receives FDA Approval as a Companion Diagnostic to Identify Patients Eligible for Newest Targeted Therapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Test will ...

Guardant360 CDx is approved to identify ESR1 mutations in advanced breast cancer, aiding treatment with Inluriyo. Inluriyo showed a 38% lower risk of disease progression in the EMBER-3 trial compared ...

Previously, this blog covered the FDA’s decision to regulate lab-developed tests (LDTs) as medical devices. However, a ruling from a federal district court in Texas earlier this year has changed that.