Pap smears are dreaded, uncomfortable chores at the OB-GYN's office. They're also life-saving procedures. A new, tampon-shaped do-it-yourself test from Teal Health aims to make the most important ...

This company wants to replace your Pap smear — and promises its DIY cancer screening is less painful By . Diana Bruk. Published May 12, 2025, 2:03 p.m. ET.

A new, tampon-shaped do-it-yourself test from Teal Health aims to make the most important part of your Pap smear — the cervical cancer screening — a little more comfortable and private. On ...

For those over the age of 65, a pap smear may no longer necessary if you've had at least three pap tests or two HPV tests in the past 10 years with normal or negative test results; haven't had ...

Since its introduction more than 80 years ago, the Pap smear is estimated to have prevented hundreds of thousands of cervical cancer deaths. And in 2006, a vaccine against HPV became available in ...

What to know about the first at-home Pap smear approved by the FDA The wand developed by Teal Health allows patients to self-collect a vaginal sample and mail it to a lab for testing. May 9, 2025 ...

The Food and Drug administration has approved the U.S.'s first at-home alternative to the Pap smear, a procedure generations of women have dreaded and often found painful. The new device by Teal ...

The maker of an at-home cervical cancer screening test said Friday it has won approval from the Food and Drug Administration, giving patients an alternative to in-clinic pap smears. The screening ...

May 09, 2025 First at-home test for HPV, the most common cause of cervical cancer, gains FDA approval The Teal Wand is a prescription device that has been shown to be as effective as pap smears ...