Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every year, about 20 million people in the U.S. contract a sexually transmitted infection (STI) – and those are only the cases ...

There are many different kinds of birth control—and even more factors contributing to decisions about the best birth control method for you or your partner. Some methods rely on the hormone progestin ...

There’s no question that contraceptives have been fundamental in the modern fight for gender equality. Since women and birthing people gained the ability to choose if and when they wanted children, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Emily Scherer for The 19th) Cara Stanton didn’t get her period until she was 22. For years, doctors — including her pediatrician ...

Education on birth control and its potential adverse effects is vital to women choosing the type that best suits them. Skepticism surrounding hormonal birth control has been increasing nationwide, ...

As a woman, there is a high chance that at some point in your life you may find yourself in a position where you have to start using birth control. This could be in order to prevent unwanted ...

Earlier this year, a dream almost two decades in the making became reality: Anyone can now walk into a drugstore and walk out with a safe, effective birth control pill without a prescription. Opill, ...

It’s happened at the last two parties I’ve gone to in the Bay Area: At a certain point in the evening, a group of women ends up sitting together, forming a slightly closed-off circle. Maybe a single ...

Certain types of birth control methods have been associated with reduced bone mineral density. The risk may be greater in people who start taking them during adolescence. Birth control medications ...