Recently, there has been more drama in the Kennedy Center’s offices than in its performance spaces. That was certainly the case yesterday, as the hallowed landmark was — whatever the legality — ...

There are slightly complicated procedural and legalistic issues involved, but the bigger question is why employer-provided contraception coverage is so important as to require these legal battles to ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a major safety update to the label of Depo-Provera, a widely used birth control injection. Nearly 2,000 women have filed lawsuits against ...

Person-centered contraceptive counseling (PCCC) was received by only one third of adolescents aged 15-19 years compared with nearly half of adults aged ≥ 25 years, yet adolescents who received PCCC ...

Following final approval from the Centre on November 17, the Maharashtra Forest Department has initiated detailed planning for a pilot leopard birth control programme in Junnar, one of the state’s ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new safety warning for Depo-Provera, a widely used birth control shot made by Pfizer, alerting patients to a possible risk for a type of brain ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Starting Tuesday, Oregon Health Plan (OHP / Medicaid) members will be able to get over-the-counter birth control pills, including Opill, and emergency contraception at no cost at ...

The decision comes as Pfizer faces lawsuits from more than 1000 women who say the company knew about the risks and didn’t warn them. The agency signed off last week on a label update for 2 versions of ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved on Friday a label change for Pfizer's birth control shot Depo-Provera that warns patients of the risk of meningioma, a tumor in the lining of the brain.

I’m a woman, married 20-plus years to a man. For most of my marriage, I have been using a copper IUD for birth control. For a long time, our understanding was that once we were done having kids, my ...

Ed Silverman, a senior writer and Pharmalot columnist at STAT, has been covering the pharmaceutical industry for nearly three decades. He is also the author of the morning Pharmalittle newsletter and ...

More young, child-free women are pursuing the permanent form of contraception. By Alisha Haridasani Gupta A few years ago, Dr. Leah Tatum, an obstetrician-gynecologist in Austin, noticed a shift among ...