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At-home cervical cancer screening test gets FDA approval. How it works, availability
The Teal Wand is an at-home vaginal sample self-collection device that tests for HPV. The test will first be available in ...
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FDA Clears Self-Collection Device for Cervical Cancer Screening
The Teal Wand is an at-home vaginal self-collection device intended to test for 14 types of high-risk HPV that have the ...
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FDA Approves First At-Home Cervical Cancer Screening Device
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Teal Wand as the first alternative to in-office Pap smears, which many ...
FDA approves Teal Wand — first at-home test to screen for cervical cancer
The startup’s test, Teal Wand, detects human papillomavirus (HPV), which is responsible for nearly all cervical cancers, ...
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Teal Health gains FDA approval for cervical cancer screening device
The FDA has granted approval to Teal Health’s at-home vaginal sample self-collection device, Teal Wand, for cervical cancer ...
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FDA approves breakthrough cervical cancer test that women can use from home
Teal Wand’s launch could provide similar benefits in the United States, where disparities in cervical cancer outcomes persist ...
Startup Teal Health wins FDA approval for at-home test for cervical cancer screening
In clinical trials, the accuracy of self-testing with Teal’s wand matched that of a cancer screening performed in a doctor’s ...
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This company wants to replace your Pap smear — and promises its DIY cancer screening is less painful
a new device — which was recently approved by the FDA — promises to be the first at-home cervical cancer screening. And, according to Teal Health co-founder and CEO Kara Egan, the Teal Wand ...
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At-Home Test Approved by the FDA to Detect Cervical Cancer
The FDA has approved Teal Wand™, the first self-collection device for cervical cancer screening that can be used at home.
FDA Approves First At-Home Test for Cervical Cancer Screenings
At-home screenings are effective alternatives for closing the screening gap. One study found that mailing kits to people ...
Health Beat: New at-home cervical cancer screening
It's called the Teal Wand, and experts say it's the first at-home cervical cancer screening device, allowing patients to ...
First at-home test kit for cervical cancer approved by the FDA, company says
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators have approved the first cervical cancer testing kit that allows women to collect their own ...