On July 13, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finally allowed women to access one birth control pill over the counter. The FDA signaled in May that this was likely to happen after an advisory ...

A panel of independent experts voted unanimously to recommend the Food and Drug Administration make birth control pill Opill available over-the-counter without a prescription, an endorsement that ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the oral contraceptive Opill for over-the-counter sales, making it the first hormonal contraceptive pill available in the U.S. without a ...

Younger women with asthma who use the progesterone-only contraceptive pill, often referred to as the mini pill, may face a heightened risk of severe asthma attacks, a new study suggests. Researchers ...

Certain contraceptive pills will be available to buy over the counter in the UK for the first time, following the reclassification of some progesterone-only 'mini pills'. From the end of July two mini ...

Opill, the first oral contraceptive pill to be available without a prescription in the U.S., is now available to buy online at opill.com. The daily pill shipped to retailers nationwide in early March.

Effective pregnancy prevention is a cornerstone of reproductive autonomy. The development and approval of the first birth control pill and the 1965 Supreme Court decision protecting access to it, ...

Thousands of women who take the mini pill may be at higher risk of potentially life-threatening asthma attacks, concerning research today suggested. British scientists, who tracked more than 260,000 ...

Millions of women using a common contraceptive pill could be at greater risk of developing a brain tumour, new research suggests. The mini-pill—a daily birth control tablet that contains the hormone ...

The pill would be the first available without a prescription. Medical and scientific experts advising the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously Wednesday in favor of allowing a birth control ...