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August 12, 2024

Half a million children in European Region not fully vaccinated in their first year of life

While over 9 million children received all three of their first critical vaccine doses against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP) in their first year of...

April 26, 2024

HPV Vaccine’s Effectiveness Remains High Amidst Uptake Concerns

HPV vaccine continues to be highly effective as concern grows over falling uptake: New data released today by the Office for National Statistics has shown...

June 19, 2023

Cervical Screening Awareness Week 19th – 24th June 2023

This week is important. It’s Cervical Screening Awareness Week 2023 (19th - 24th June 2023). Going for your cervical screening isn’t always easy, and everyone’s...

June 13, 2023

5 Tips for Practitioners to Make Pap Smear Tests More Comfortable

5 Tips for Practitioners to Make Pap Smear Tests More Comfortable: A pap smear test, also known as a cervical screening test, is performed to...

May 18, 2023

‘Microwave’ medical treatment shows promise for patients with HPV

An innovative new medical device which uses microwave heating has shown promising potential for treating precancers and cancers caused by infection with human papillomavirus (HPV)....

January 20, 2023

Cervical cancer prevention self-help tips

Ahead of Cervical Cancer Prevention Week 23rd to the 29th January 2023, Dr Sam Wild, Women’s Health Clinical Lead at Bupa Health Clinics, shares why...

November 23, 2022

Bupa UK dentist for mouth cancer awareness month

Bupa UK dentist for mouth cancer awareness month: With Google Trends showing a 110% increase in searches for ‘mouth cancer causes’ over the last 30...

February 15, 2022

Help Us Help You – Cervical Screening Campaign

Help Us Help You – Cervical Screening Campaign - Launched Monday 14th February 2022. The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), with the support...

January 17, 2022

5 biggest myths about cervical screenings you shouldn’t believe

This week marks the start of Cervical Cancer Prevention Week (17th-23rd January) – aimed to raise awareness of the simple things we can all do...

January 17, 2022

Impact on women diagnosed with cervical cell changes

Women diagnosed with cervical cell changes are unprepared for the experience, feeling ashamed, isolated, and frightened: New research by Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust, released today, shows...