At a time when some countries are on track to eliminate cervical cancer, Canada is moving in the opposite direction. For health experts and survivors, including Ottawa advocate Liz Ellwood ...

The US Preventive Services Task Force recommends screening for cervical cancer with cervical cytology – also known as a Pap test or Pap smear – every three years for women ages 21 to 29. For ...

Screening for cervical cancer many soon be possible within the privacy of your own home. On May 9, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Teal Wand, a tamponlike tool people can use to ...

In an effort to combat the prevalence of cervical cancer in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration has approved the first ever at-home cervical cancer screening kit. On Friday ...

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 ...

And thanks to a company called Teal Health, that desire may soon be granted: Its at-home, self-collect cervical cancer screening device was approved by the FDA on May 9. It involves running the ...

May 9 (UPI) --The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Teal Health to provide the nation's first at-home test kit to screen for cervical cancer. The Teal Wand, which will be ...

The tool will allow women to screen for HPV, which causes almost all cases of cervical cancer, without visiting a doctor. By Maggie Astor The Food and Drug Administration approved the United ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first at-home screening test for cervical cancer, the product’s maker announced on Friday. The DIY test could serve as an alternative to ...

On Friday, a San Francisco-based startup received FDA approval for the first-ever at-home cervical cancer test. The company, named Teal Health, was founded in 2020 and has raised $23 million.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators have approved the first cervical cancer testing kit that allows women to collect their own sample at home before shipping it to a laboratory, according to a ...