A study reveals that many clinicians remain unaware of self-administered injectable contraception, despite its decades-long availability. Self-administered injectable contraceptives have been an ...

A new study shows many doctors do not offer self-injected birth control, even though it is safe and effective.

Self-administered injectable contraceptives, which are progestin-only shots taken at home every three months, have been available for over 20 years but remain underutilized. Interest in these options ...

Is it true that you can’t get pregnant while breastfeeding? Not necessarily. While breastfeeding, you can still get pregnant. However, the chances of conceiving are low. Injectable contraception for ...

Pfizer’s battle over the safety label for its birth control injection has finally come to a close. The pharma giant announced that the Food and Drug Administration approved its new safety warning ...

For years, preventing pregnancy in the US has meant choosing between the lesser of several annoyances: remembering a daily pill, enduring the insertion of an IUD, or managing condom use. But another ...

Both men and women are responsible for pregnancy, yet the burden of preventing it often falls on one gender. Women can choose from a variety of options to control fertility while for generations, men ...

The decision comes as Pfizer faces lawsuits from more than 1000 women who say the company knew about the risks and didn’t warn them. The agency signed off last week on a label update for 2 versions of ...

For decades, millions of women have relied on the Depo-Provera birth control shot as a convenient form of long-term contraception. However, growing medical evidence has linked long-term Depo-Provera ...

As of 2025, lawsuits are now underway against Pfizer, the manufacturer of Depo-Provera, filed by women who were diagnosed with meningioma after using the birth control shot. These cases allege that ...