Short of shopping for a bikini after the holidays, getting a Pap smear has to be one of the most dreaded parts of a woman’s life. Now, a new device — which was recently approved by the FDA — promises ...

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new device called the Teal Wand, which its creator describes as an "at-home vaginal sample self-collection device for cervical cancer screening." It ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Teal’s device is the natural next step on a path of innovations in cervical cancer screening. While the Pap was invented 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 ...

Women will have an alternative Pap smear option starting this fall, the New York Times reported. The new option is a swab to screen for cervical cancer, rather than the speculum, which has been the ...

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 ...

Federal guidelines are expanding the options for cervical cancer screenings beyond the often-disliked Pap smear. According to new recommendations released Monday by the Health Resources and Services ...