The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking to tighten rules protecting the safety of water in public systems. …
» More: EPA moves to tighten water safety regulations

HealthDay – TUESDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) — A carefully targeted and
powerful regimen of radiation therapy kept early-stage lung tumors stable
in patients who had inoperable cancers. …
» More: Radiation May Help Those With Inoperable Lung Tumors (HealthDay)

AFP – Women should not get their first cervical cancer screening before age 21, the leading US group of women’s health care professionals said Friday, also recommending less frequent subsequent tests. …
» More: US backs new start date for cervical cancer tests (AFP)

AFP – Days after controversy erupted over new breast cancer screening guidelines, a US health group has said women should wait longer to get their first cervical cancer test. …
» More: New cervical cancer screening guidelines: report (AFP)

AP – Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude that’s enough to catch slow-growing cervical cancer. …
» More: Report: 20-somethings can go 2 years between Paps (AP)

HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — A Pap test (Pap smear) collects a sample of
cells from the cervix to look for any abnormalities or changes. It’s often
used to help diagnose infections or cervical cancer. …
» More: Health Tip: Getting a Pap Test (HealthDay)

AFP – British drug giant GlaxoSmithKline said Tuesday it was working with health authorities here investigating the death of a schoolgirl following a cervical cancer vaccination. …
» More: British girl dies after cervical cancer vaccine jab (AFP)

AFP – British drug giant GlaxoSmithKline said on Tuesday it was working with health authorities who are probing the death of a schoolgirl following a cervical cancer vaccination. …
» More: British girl dies after cervical cancer vaccination (AFP)

HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Sept. 9 (HealthDay News) — U.S. drug advisors
recommended Wednesday that use of the vaccine Gardasil, already
administered to help prevent cervical cancer in women, be expanded to help
prevent genital warts in young males. …
» More: FDA Panel Backs Giving HPV Vaccine Gardasil to Young Males (HealthDay)

HealthDay – THURSDAY, Aug. 20 (HealthDay News) — In the Canadian province of
Ontario, fewer than half of women with abnormal Pap tests receive proper
follow-up care and low-income women are less likely to be screened for
cervical cancer than high-income women, a new study has found. …
» More: Better Pap Smear Follow-Up Needed Among Lower-Income Women (HealthDay)