1 in 3 Women Unscreened: Closing the Cervical Cancer Gap

See what is happening now at https://www.healthimpactlive.com 1 in 3 Women Unscreened: Closing the Cervical Cancer Gap Despite cervical cancer being nearly 100% preventable through routine screening, almost one in three U.S. women are behind, and the numbers have been moving in the wrong direction for a decade. Kara Egan, CEO and Co-Founder of Teal Health, left a career as a health tech investor to fix one of the most overlooked gaps in women's preventive care. In May 2025, Teal received the only FDA authorization for at-home cervical cancer screening, and just seven months later had scaled to all 50 states. In this conversation, Kara breaks down what it actually takes to redesign a screening process that hasn't meaningfully changed in 80 years, how regulatory alignment and updated clinical guidelines are reshaping the landscape, and what at-home diagnostics signal for the future of preventive care and women's health access broadly. Kara Egan CEO and Co-Founder Teal Health Megan Antonelli Chief Executive Officer HealthIMPACT Moderator Stay in the know! Visit https://healthimpactlive.com/virtual to see the latest in healthcare talk, every third Thursday of the month. On the run? No problem! Visit https://healthimpactlive.com/digital-... to catch the podcast on everything healthcare. Want to join us in person? Visit https://healthimpactlive.com for the latest information on our latest live events.