First at-home test to screen for cervical cancer approved by FDA

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May 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Teal Health to provide the nation's first at-home test kit to screen for cervical cancer. The Teal Wand, which will be available for those age 25 to 65 at average risk, tests for human papillomavirus, or HPV, a virus that causes most cervical cancers. Teal Health CEO Kara Egan didn't say how much the test would cost. Egan anticipates the test will be covered by insurance. They will first be available in California in June

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