News Health & Medicine An at-home cervical cancer screening device was OK‘d by the FDA The Teal Wand is the first self-collection device of its kind for home use  The FDA has approved the Teal Wand, a new device for at-home cervical cancer screening. Nicole Morrison/Teal Health By Meghan Rosen 34 seconds ago Screening for cervical cancer many soon be possible within the privacy of your own home. On May 9, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Teal Wand, a tamponlike tool people can use to collect cells from their vagina. It’s the first self-collection device approved for at-home use in the United States and could broaden access to cervical cancer screening. The concept is simple. Patients swab themselves with the wand then send it back to Teal Health, the company that makes the device, for analysis. It’s looking for traces of HPV, the virus to blame for nearly all cervical cancer cases. According to Teal Health, Wand rollout will begin in June in California and later nationwide. The company’s medical providers will prescribe the device to eligible patients, who will be able to access their results via Teal Health’s telehealth service.  Sign up for our newsletter We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.