WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first-ever over-the-counter birth control pill in the US. The oral contraceptive called “Opill” is expected to be available starting early next year without a prescription or any age ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – Birth control pills could be available to purchase without a prescription by this summer. Wednesday, advisory panels to the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously to recommend making the “Opill” available over the counter. The 17-0 ...

Salem, Ore.- Oregon Governor Kate Brown will ceremonially sign the controversial Reproductive Health Equity Act on Monday. The legislation makes Oregon the first state in the nation to legislatively mandate no-cost reproductive health care coverage. “To lead productive and thriving ...

  Washington, D.C.- The Food and Drug Administration has announced a nationwide birth control pill recall. Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. says its Mibelas 24 F-E products were packaged improperly, so the first four days of the tablets labeled as “active pills” ...

(NBC News) — Researchers are finding some preliminary success with birth control shots–for men! The world health organization studied twice-daily hormone shots to suppress sperm counts in about 300 men. The method was found to be 96-percent effective. The shots ...

Women in California and Oregon will soon be able to get hormonal birth control from a pharmacist, instead of a doctor. These states are the first in the US to pass the law, which will make birth control more accessible. ...

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