A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel has unanimously recommended making a long-standing birth control pill available for purchase without a prescription. The significant vote by a panel ...

In 2023, the FDA approved Opill, the first over-the-counter oral contraceptive that became widely available at in-person and online pharmacies. Researchers examined whether Opill increased birth ...

U.S. regulators will vote this week on whether the contraceptive Opill should be made widely available without a prescription. U.S. health regulators are considering whether a decades-old birth ...

Nearly five years ago, the nation's leading group of obstetricians and gynecologists issued a policy statement saying the time had come for oral contraception to be available without a prescription.

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, a pharmaceutical company has asked for permission to sell a birth control pill over the counter in the U.S. HRA Pharma’s application on Monday sets up a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials have approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill, which will let American women and girls buy contraceptive medication from the same aisle as aspirin and ...

Opill, the first over-the-counter birth control pill that can be purchased without a prescription, will be available later this month online and in pharmacies for $19.99 a month, $49.99 for a ...

Two years after U.S. approval of the first over-the-counter birth control pill, new research shows many people who face barriers to medical care are turning to it. The study, published Monday in JAMA ...

Pain relievers, allergy medicines and cough suppressants. All are available over the counter. Now, birth control is, too — and for New Mexicans on Medicaid, it’s free. Medicaid covers almost half of ...

A panel of outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) unanimously voted Wednesday that the benefits of making a birth control pill available over the counter outweigh the potential ...

Advisers for the US Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously on Wednesday in support of making the birth-control pill Opill available over-the-counter, saying the benefits outweigh the risks.