Until recently, a small team issued timely guidance on the types of contraception certain high-risk women should use.

Women have been drugged by partners to force abortions. And the pill is routinely used to force victims of sex trafficking to ...

When it comes to birth control, most women think about preventing pregnancy, but what if we told you that your contraceptive ...

New conversations are sparking around birth control pills and cancer. The World Health Organization has classified combined oral contraceptive pills as Group 1 carcinogens since 2008. Data suggests ...

The Trump administration eliminated the CDC team that developed national guidelines for prescribing contraception safely for ...

Among her peers, she says, there’s a running joke that birth control for men has been “a couple years away for 50 years.” But, she adds, it finally feels within reach.

What’s the short answer? “Some hormonal birth control options have stated that fatigue is a possible side effect,” said Dr. Heather Irobunda, an OB-GYN based in New York.

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to birth control, and the conversation around its impact on mental health is only just beginning.

This is the second human study for YCT-529, the only hormone-free birth control pill for men and the only male pill that researchers are testing in humans.

This is the second human study for YCT-529, the only hormone-free birth control pill for men and the only male pill that researchers are testing in humans. YourChoice Therapeutics initiated the study ...

In July 2023, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Opill (norgestrel), a progestin-only oral contraceptive, to be sold OTC. Opill is the first and only birth control pill available without ...

“The birth control pill is a daily hormone-based medication that's used by a person with ovaries and a uterus to prevent pregnancy,” says Dr. Gina Frugoni, MD, an assistant professor of ...