Among the many maddening facets of the gender health gap is that women’s healthcare is seen as an afterthought, especially when it comes to research, funding, and access. So if you’ve ever leaked ...

In 2020, she founded Daye, which has now supported more than 5,000 patients with Diagnostic Tampons that test for bacteria, ...

U.K. femcare-turned-gynaecological-health startup, Daye, has expanded its tampon-based home screening service to add STI testing. The startup is billing this "non-invasive screening" service for ...

Daye has just launched a new at-home, tampon-based test for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and other common STIs, though it's only in the UK for now. Reading time 3 minutes A UK-based startup is hoping to turn ...

A UK start-up have now launched tampons that can screen for sexually transmitted infections. The idea is that rather than swabbing for a sample, you can insert the tampon for a short period of time ...

The FDA has commissioned an independent review of the available literature on tampon safety. The FDA has begun its internal laboratory study to measure how much metals are released from tampons.

Tampons could help doctors detect early-stage ovarian cancer, a new study suggests. A team of researchers at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville found the DNA of tumour cells trapped in ...

When we talk about advancements in the field of women’s health and then look at the speculum – a device that hasn’t had an update since the 1800s – it’s easy to feel as though we’re taking two steps ...

Anna Iovine is the associate editor of features at Mashable. Previously, as the sex and relationships reporter, she covered topics ranging from dating apps to pelvic pain. Before Mashable, Anna was a ...

A new study led by researchers at the Mailman School of Public Health and the University of California, Berkeley found levels of arsenic and lead, among other metals, in tampons. Published in ...

On a sunny Thursday morning, at the mostly quiet intersection of Clifton Avenue and Broadway, Evan Berkowitz and John Leavell pulled a small steel cage the size of a coffee cup from a sewer with the ...