Birth control is a very personal decision, and identifying the method that works best for an individual can require some experimentation. That is best done when a doctor, not social media influencers, ...

Pfender is an associate fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, a postdoctoral researcher at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and a research ...

Councilmember Phylicia Porter brought the idea up during a Health, Environment, and Technology Council hearing Wednesday. According to a proposed resolution, Baltimore City's 311 system averages over ...

Pfizer is facing a landmark lawsuit in the US brought on behalf of more than 1000 women who say they developed brain tumours after taking the popular contraceptive injection Depo-Provera.

On TikTok and Instagram, a chorus of young influencers are advising women in their age bracket to ditch their hormonal birth control pills, saying they cause a cavalcade of problems for physical and ...

Anika Nayak was a news intern at STAT. As a freelance health reporter, she has covered sleep medicine, nutrition, and mental health via service journalism. A typical vending machine on a university ...

Dryness is a common side effect of hormonal birth control. This includes oral contraceptives, intrauterine devices (IUDs), arm implants, shots, skin patches, and vaginal rings. However, this dryness ...

Women’s reproductive rights in the U.S. are narrowing. Meanwhile, 46% of all pregnancies in the U.S. are unintended, pointing to the stark evidence of the enduring need for access to effective, ...

Birth control shots are highly effective, with less than a 1 in 100 chance of pregnancy in the first year. This type of birth control does not protect you against sexually transmitted infections (STIs ...

Rochelle Paulet, Director of Marketing with SenseTech and Evolve Rodent Birth Control, joins John Landecker to discuss the success of rat birth control in some Chicago neighborhoods to combat the rat ...