While the Pap was invented in the 1940s and involves inspecting cervical cells for precancerous or cancerous shifts, in the ...

On Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a first-of-its-kind at-home cervical cancer screening tool in an effort to provide a more accessible alternative to Pap smear tests. The goal ...

Research has shown that self-collected tests have similar efficacy as when a medical doctor does the screening, according to ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — It’s a doctor’s appointment most women wish they could avoid. The pelvic exam, known as the pap smear, is used to detect cervical cancer-causing HPV. So, despite how ...

HHS released updated cervical cancer screening guidelines on Jan. 5, allowing for self-administered HPV tests as an ...

What the Health host, Noelle Bellow, speaks with Teal Health Cofounder and CEO Kara Egan about the FDA approved sleek new wand for at-home pap tests. The tool, now available to Californians, is being ...

Could the FDA’s recently approved Pap smear alternative reduce racial disparities in cervical cancer deaths? January marks Cervical Health Awareness Month. Around 11,500 Americans are diagnosed with ...

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 ...