Teal

Teal Health (getteal.com) offers at-home cervical cancer screening in the United States built around the Teal Wand, a self-collection device for a vaginal sample that is mailed to a lab and tested on the Roche cobas Primary HPV assay, the same FDA-approved HPV test used in clinics. The service is delivered as a bundled telehealth product: a patient completes an eligibility form, has a roughly 10-minute virtual intro visit with a Teal Medical OBGYN or nurse practitioner who prescribes the kit, receives the kit in three to five days, self-collects in about five minutes, mails the sample via a pre-paid USPS return mailer, and receives provider-reviewed results in a secure portal in about one week. If results are abnormal (HPV positive), a Teal Medical provider discusses next steps virtually and helps coordinate in-person referral care.

The company positions the product for people aged 25-65 with a cervix, in line with American Cancer Society screening guidelines, and excludes certain groups (for example those who are pregnant, immunocompromised, HIV-positive, with a history of reproductive cancer, DES exposure, or recent cervical precancer treatment). Marketing segments emphasized on the site include first-time screeners, people with a history of trauma or vaginismus, people in menopause, and varying body types. Teal states its at-home screening interval is every three years. The company also maintains a research program, publishing the SELF-CERV validation study in JAMA Network Open (May 2025) and presenting at conferences on screening among LGBQ+ and rural populations [0][2][3][4][5].