Background The widespread mobilisation to improve maternal health over recent decades has led to increased prenatal ...

Many on the right suggest that birth control is part of a plot to keep birth rates low or even aid the supposed replacement ...

A new generation of reversible male contraceptives is advancing through clinical trials to expand family planning options.

Scientists at Michigan State University have uncovered the molecular “switch” that powers sperm for their final, high-speed dash toward an egg. By tracking how sperm use glucose as fuel, the team ...

After taking the pill for a decade, Elodie Monnier Legrand decided to try "natural" birth control, an increasingly popular trend that requires tracking fertility to avoid becoming pregnant. "I wanted ...

When I was twenty-two, I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). Though I experienced symptoms for years, it wasn’t until I went a full year without getting a period that I realized I ...

Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), who is running to succeed retiring Sen. Joni Ernst (R), is pushing to expand access to birth control as the race for the open Senate seat heats up. The Iowa congresswoman ...

Most sexually active women in the U.S. use contraception to prevent pregnancy. Following the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs ruling, which overturned Roe vs. Wade and paved the way for abortion bans across ...

The most commonly used and prescribed birth control pill in the U.S. was classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) at the World Health Organization (WHO) as carcinogenic. In ...

The era of highly effective male birth control is just on the horizon, and it’s likely to be one with several options to choose from. Scientists reported this week that they have found another ...

Scientists at Cornell University may be closing in on the long-sought “holy grail” of male contraception: a safe, reversible, nonhormonal method that completely halts sperm production. In a ...

If you spend any time in D.C., you know rats are a problem. "They be in the dumpsters. They be running in groups, like, two, three — a few too many," one man told News4. Another resident said said ...