The FDA has granted approval to Teal Health's at-home cervical cancer screening wand, the first self-collection tool for HPV screening in the U.S. Kara Egan, the cofounder and CEO of Teal Health, ...

A new, FDA-approved device wants “to give women the option to screen comfortably from home at their convenience,” co-founder Kara Egan told The Post.

At-home screenings are effective alternatives for closing the screening gap. One study found that mailing kits to people ...

The first-ever at-home screening test for cervical cancer earned approval by the Food and Drug Administration on Friday, ...

In clinical trials, the accuracy of self-testing with Teal’s wand matched that of a cancer screening performed in a doctor’s ...

The wand developed by Teal Health allows patients to self-collect a vaginal sample and mail it to a lab for testing.

The tool will allow women to screen for HPV, which causes almost all cases of cervical cancer, without visiting a doctor.

While the at-home test won’t replace your visits to the gynecologist where you can get a full pelvic exam and address other issues with your doctor, Teal Health CEO Kara Egan hopes its accuracy ...