If you're interested in trying the new Teal Wand, this is everything you need to know about screening for cervical cancer at ...

FILE - "Cervical cancer is largely preventable, yet screening rates in the U.S. continue to lag, and the FDA approval of this at-home Teal Wand self-collection device is a critical step forward ...

Pap smears are, at worst, a painful, crampy, or traumatizing experience; and at best, awkward as hell. It’s only natural to ...

Teal Health said Friday the Food and Drug Administration approved its Teal Wand for home use, offering a new way to collect vaginal samples that can detect the HPV virus that causes cervical cancer.

Teal Wand's clinical sensitivity is 96%, matching the performance of clinician-collected samples, which is also 96%. Clinical sensitivity is the measure of the HPV test's ability to correctly ...

HPV is a common viral infection spread through sexual contact. According to the Teal Health website, Teal Wand collection kits are tested at Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment-certified labs.

With the Teal Wand, women are testing a sample for HPV (human papillomavirus), the virus that causes nearly all cervical cancers, using the same highly accurate HPV test that medical guidelines ...

Key study results showed that the Teal Wand was highly effective for sample collection with a 95% positive agreement for detection of high-risk HPV, significantly exceeding the clinical endpoint ...