The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new device called the Teal Wand, which its creator describes as an "at-home ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved an at-home cervical cancer screening tool as an alternative to Pap smears by ...

The wand developed by Teal Health allows patients to self-collect a vaginal sample and mail it to a lab for testing.

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

Teal Health, the maker of an at-home cervical cancer screening test, says it will give patients an alternative to in-clinic pap smears.

The reported noted that the decrease is alarming as HPV vaccination rates have remained “statistically unchanged” in recent years. In 2023, 61.4% of adolescents ages 13 to 17 were up-to-date for the ...

While condoms afford some protection against HPV, the most effective means of prevention is to get the HPV vaccine, called Gardasil 9. The CDC currently recommends HPV vaccination for: Children 11 to ...

The reported noted that the decrease is alarming as HPV vaccination rates have remained “statistically unchanged” in recent years. In 2023, 61.4% of adolescents ages 13 to 17 were up-to-date ...

The small sample size was one limitation of the study, Pelaez and co-authors pointed out. Also, some participants had incomplete clinical histories regarding HPV infection or vaccination.