Within weeks, for the first time in the U.S. consumers will be able to find a birth control pill on retail shelves. Bill Oxford/iStock via Getty Images Opill contains norgestrel, which is a synthetic ...

Judging by how commonly birth control is practiced in the United States, it ought to rank among the least controversial of subjects. In surveys, ninety-nine per cent of women of reproductive age ...

Existing rules say birth control should be covered in some way, but many people are still paying out-of-pocket. Jessica was a writer on the Wellness team, with a focus on health technology, eye care, ...

Tech connoisseur Elon Musk shifted his focus from rockets to women’s health recently when he posted on X that “hormonal birth control makes you fat, doubles risk of depression & triples risk of ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Misinformation about birth control continues to be shared across multiple popular social media platforms, researchers at UNLV have found. A new study published by a group of ...

Within the next couple of decades, a new generation of contraceptives could hit the American market. One, a pill that prevents certain cells from accessing vitamin A, might be able to limit fertility ...

Social media has long been rife with misinformation about birth control, much of it slamming hormonal contraceptives for health harms (like infertility or even abortion) that it does not cause, or ...

The official U.S. Government policy on birth control used to be to say noth ing about it, and do less. Last week it became clear that the Government has a new policy: say as little as possible, but do ...

Technology in the reproductive health space isn't new, but smart rings are making it trendy to a new type of consumer: people looking for birth control. Jessica was a writer on the Wellness team, with ...

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals recalled almost 27,000 packs of Viorele birth control pills nationwide. The FDA gave the recall the second-highest risk level, as the medication failed to meet safety and ...