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

Pap smears are terrible. Every year, I stare at the ceiling and try my hardest to ignore the scraping of my insides. In the ...

Many women dread getting their regular Pap smears. The procedure, which involves scraping cells from the cervix to check for ...

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

Women can use a wand to collect a vaginal sample, then mail it to a lab that will screen for cervical cancer. The device will ...

The DIY test could serve as an alternative to in-person "Pap smears," which are recommended every three years for women up to age 65. The self-collection device — the Teal Wand, made by Teal ...

A new DIY home swab kit for cervical cancer aims to make Pap smears more comfortable. It's set to be available to Californians in June, with other states to follow. This article is part of a ...

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 ...