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September 11, 2026

What happens at a cervical cancer screening, a.k.a. a pap smear?

Reproductive Health
Guest Author Lyra Cauley

Another post in our series Nerdy Notes: Science in Story & Verse I got my first pap smear (cervical cancer screening) the summer before senior year of college. I was 22 and facing a laundry list of health related tasks before leaving for the fall. The pap smear, at the top of my list, was Read more…

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