C42D client win: Teal Health lands Time’s Best Inventions of 2025
At C42D, we’re thrilled to celebrate another major milestone for our client Teal Health: earning a spot on TIME’s Best Inventions of 2025 for their groundbreaking Teal Wand™, the first FDA-approved at-home test for cervical cancer screening. The recognition shines a spotlight on what makes Teal truly revolutionary—not just the technology, but the humanity behind […]
At C42D, we’re thrilled to celebrate another major milestone for our client Teal Health: earning a spot on TIME’s Best Inventions of 2025 for their groundbreaking Teal Wand™, the first FDA-approved at-home test for cervical cancer screening.
The recognition shines a spotlight on what makes Teal truly revolutionary—not just the technology, but the humanity behind it. The Teal Wand offers a simpler, more dignified way to stay on top of your health. Instead of scheduling an appointment or facing the discomfort of a speculum exam, users can collect a sample from home in minutes, then send it to a certified lab for HPV testing, i.e., the virus that causes most cervical cancers.
This shift is more than medical innovation; it’s cultural. It’s about giving women and people with a cervix real agency over their health, especially those who’ve avoided traditional screening out of pain, fear, or lack of access.
Being named one of TIME’s Best Inventions is validation of that mission. It proves that technology can be both life-saving and compassionate, and that design grounded in empathy can drive systemic change.
At C42D, we’ve seen firsthand how Teal Health’s brand brings this mission to life: approachable, empowering, and deeply human. Their message isn’t just about screening, it’s about rewriting the narrative of women’s health to center comfort, access, and self-advocacy.
Congratulations to the Teal Health team for breaking barriers and earning the recognition they so deeply deserve. You’re showing the world what happens when innovation meets empathy, and it’s changing healthcare for good.
