Cervical cancer is highly preventable with routine screening, but it isn't always a pleasant experience. That's why women's health company Teal Health created the Teal Wand , the first and only at-home vaginal sample self-collection device for cervical cancer screening in the US. Now, people with a cervix can conveniently screen themselves from the comfort and privacy of their home.
The Teal Wand received FDA approval in May and is currently available in California. It should be accessible across the US by 2027. If you're interested in this new, more comfortable type of cervical cancer screening option, read on to get all your questions answered.
How to get and use the Teal Wand
"The Teal Wand is a self-collection device in which the collected sample is mailed to a lab to test fo