Feb. 3, 2025 — It's a little pill with big responsibilities. But despite its primary role to prevent pregnancy, the contraceptive pill (or 'the Pill') could also help reduce the risk of ovarian ...

After adjusting for factors such as age, education, high blood pressure and diabetes, researchers linked the estrogen-progestin pill — known colloquially as the birth control pill — to twice ...

The underlying legislation, House Bill 1169, would establish a statewide, taxpayer-funded “Access to Birth Control Program” to expand birth control options for Indiana residents earning at or ...

Trump administration attempts to dismantle DEI initiatives are alarming public health researchers, who fear they could thwart ...

Abortion bans in the United States are exacerbating existing health disparities as births increase in high-risk populations and infant mortality rises disproportionately, new research suggests. In 14 ...

Congress passes the first Fugi­tive Slave Law. The law made it easier for a slave owner to re-take control of a slave who had ...

Socialists are often accused of ignoring or downplaying racism, or objectionably “reducing” it to class. But this ignores a ...

LinusBio last week announced the launch of a diagnostic test designed to help clinicians rule out autism in children aged 1 to 36 months using a single strand of hair.

Black Hawk pilots may not have heard a critical directive from air traffic control to fly behind the American Airlines plane in the seconds before it collided with the jet, and may have had “bad ...

The findings showed the highest mortality occurred among infants who were Black, lived in Southern states or had fetal birth defects. By Pam Belluck Infant mortality increased along with births in ...

A 25-year-old woman from Florida gave birth on a W train in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning. She had been missing since last summer, her sister said. By Liam Stack and Chelsia Rose Marcius ...

The Black Hawk pilots who collided with an American Airlines plane last month may not have heard vital information given by air traffic control to fly behind the passenger jet seconds before the ...