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.

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

The startup’s test, Teal Wand, detects human papillomavirus (HPV), which is responsible for nearly all cervical cancers, ...

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

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

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

Teal Wand’s launch could provide similar benefits in the United States, where disparities in cervical cancer outcomes persist ...

The Teal Wand was approved after a study of over 600 women found the self-collected samples performed the same as a test in a ...