COVID-19 knocked many women, especially women from lower-income and higher-minority areas, off schedule for preventive care appointments such as mammograms.

Women with unmet basic needs may not get Pap smears because they're focused on things like housing and food. A fix would save lives, say researchers.

A new diagnostic tool that plugs into a phone can test for COVID-19 in 55 minutes or less, researchers report. It can be done almost anywhere, too.

A new urine test is extremely accurate at detecting aggressive prostate cancer. It could help avoid unecessary biopsies.

To slow its spread, everyone in the US should be tested for COVID-19 on a regular, rotating basis, epidemiologists say.

A bioluminescent capsule tests levels of bile salt hydrolase in the gut and its creators say its findings suggest the power of probiotics.

A new microneedle patch is low cost and easy to use. But another feature may offer it's biggest advantage for some: It's almost completely pain-free.

Saliva tests for COVID-19 are just as effective as nasal swabs and cost less, a pair of studies shows.

A new lab-on-a-chip device called real-time ELISA combines blood tests to provide something more like a movie than a photo.

A 15-minute COVID-19 test that uses a smartphone device could one day address the need to expand testing capacity in outpatient clinics.