Pennsylvania hospitals will be fully reimbursed for providing long-term birth control to Medicaid patients who have just given birth, effective Dec. 1, The Inquirer reports. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf ...

Starting in November 2024, McKenzie Rieder, a pediatric nurse practitioner for Mountain Family Health Centers in Glenwood Springs, noticed a trend: More young women were asking for long-acting ...

Requests for contraceptives, including long-term birth control and so-called "morning after" pills, and abortion pills soared after President-elect Donald Trump won the November 5 election. Doctors ...

Sweeping restrictions on abortion across the U.S. have already had major ripple effects in reproductive health care. During president-elect Donald Trump’s next administration, restrictions on abortion ...

While physicians say long-term reversible birth control can lead to better health outcomes for new mothers, hospitals often face financial barriers when rolling out these programs, according to The ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - When Donald Trump was first elected in 2016, a study from the National Library of Medicine revealed there was a 21% spike in women seeking long-term birth control. Now that ...

Nothing’s scarier than a pregnancy scare — that is, if that’s not what you want in this stage of life. If you’re currently being intimate with a partner, it’s important to practice safe sex practices ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...

Planned Parenthood North Central States recently reported it has seen a 150 percent increase in patients scheduling appointments for long-acting birth control options. Chief Medical Officer for ...

There are countless posts on social media about taking a “break” or doing a “cleanse” from birth control, and how hormonal birth control is “unnatural” – but this is not helpful advice. If you are on ...