Cervical cancer remains one of the most preventable of human diseases, yet across the United States a quiet withdrawal from routine screening has unfolded over nearly two decades — one that now leaves roughly one in three young women in their twenties never having been tested. Researchers tracking more than 106,000 women found that what was once a rare gap in prevention has become a widening norm, shaped by education, ethnicity, insurance status, and geography. The tragedy embedded in this data is not one of medical limitation but of access and attention: a simple, effective tool exists, and i
Cervical Cancer Screening Plummets Among Young Women, Study Warns
Preventable cervical cancer cases are advancing to later stages among women who lack screening access, disproportionately affecting minority, uninsured, and lower-education populations.