Technology
Thailand uses a birth control vaccine to curb its elephant population
[ad_1] BANGKOK — BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand has begun using a birth control vaccine on elephants in the wild to try and curb a…
Tag: Birth control
Fact Checking
Nuance needed on birth control research study results
[ad_1] As misinformation about women’s health spreads faster than ever, doctors say new research on the risks of hormonal birth control underscores the…
US News
South Carolina Looks at Most Restrictive Abortion Bill in the US as Opponents Keep Pushing Limits
[ad_1] COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Sending women who get abortions to prison for decades. Outlawing IUDs. Sharply restricting in-vitro fertilization. These are the strictest…
Business
This Birth-Control App Aims to Serve a Women’s Health Taboo—With a Multibillion Dollar Market
[ad_1] Elina Berglund, the co-founder and co-CEO of Natural Cycles, was user zero for the first-ever FDA-cleared birth control app. Now she’s building for…
Atlanta, Georgia Local News
Nearly a third of people using over-the-counter birth control pills previously used nothing, study finds
[ad_1] Two years after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill, new research is looking at who’s switching…
Finance
Condoms, other over-the-counter birth control methods should be fully covered by insurance, White House says
[ad_1] Washington — People with private health insurance would be able to pick up over-the-counter birth control methods like condoms, the “morning after” pill…
Politics
Appeals court spikes Tennessee’s bid to get family planning dollars despite abortion rule
[ad_1] NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal appeals court has shot down Tennessee’s attempt to collect millions of dollars in family planning funds without…
Lifestyle
Republicans Proudly Declare They’re Against Making Contraception a Federal Right
[ad_1] Republicans get very huffy when people accuse them of hating women and wanting to control pregnant people’s bodies—yet instead of proving that neither…
Boston, Massachusetts Local News
Healey pushes for federal contraception protections
[ad_1] BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey is leading a group of Democratic chief executives in urging Congress to approve a bill that would protect…
Breaking News
How to get rid of NYC rats without brutality? Birth control is one idea
[ad_1] New York lawmakers are proposing rules to humanely drive down the population of rats and other rodents, eyeing contraception and a ban on…
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Local News
3/27: Prime Time with John Dickerson
[ad_1] 3/27: Prime Time with John Dickerson – CBS News Watch CBS News Jeff Glor reports on the NTSB’s focus in the Baltimore bridge…
Minneapolis, Minnesota Local News
Iowa AG is still working on audit that’s holding up contraception money for rape victims
[ad_1] The Iowa attorney general’s office said it is still working on an audit of its victim services that has held up emergency contraception…
Orlando, Florida Local News
University of Central Florida students advocate for free emergency contraception on campus
[ad_1] click to enlarge Courtesy of YDSA UCF students organize for free and accessible emergency contraception on campus. Access to abortion care in Florida…
Finance
Subscription-based health care can deliver medications to your door — but its rise concerns some experts
[ad_1] Need help losing weight or handling depression? How about a pill that lowers cholesterol and treats erectile dysfunction? Online subscription services for care…
US News
Grassroots college networks distribute emergency contraceptives on campus
[ad_1] Limya Harvey and Cydney Mumford set up a folding table a few times a month on the University of Texas-San Antonio campus to…
Dating & Love
Can Birth Control Cause Strokes? What Studies Show
[ad_1] Ask any female young millennial or older Gen Z about birth control, and there’s a good chance that they were put on it…
US News
Tennessee attorney general sues federal government over abortion rule blocking funding
[ad_1] NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s top legal chief says the federal government is wrongly withholding millions of dollars in family planning funds after the…
Breaking News
California governor vetoes bill to make free condoms available for high school students, citing cost
[ad_1] SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom rejected a bill on Sunday that would have made free condoms available all public high school…
Finance
Gates Foundation commits $200 million to pay for medical supplies and contraception
[ad_1] NEW YORK — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $200 million to help save the lives of mothers and children during child…
Finance
Thousands of Tydemy birth control pills recalled, may be ineffective, FDA warns
[ad_1] Thousands of Tydemy brand birth control pills have been recalled, the Food and Drug Administration warned Tuesday, after testing by drugmaker Lupin Pharmaceuticals…