Contraception is often used to prevent pregnancies and manage menstrual cycles—which is exactly why Sandra Somarakis, now 61, and Nicole Ryan, 60, chose it for over a decade. Both women opted for ...

Conversations around women’s health and pharmaceutical accountability are becoming far more urgent across the nation as lawsuits tied to the Depo-Provera birth control shot continue to grow. What ...

In June 2026, Pfizer and the lawyers representing women who filed lawsuits involving the Depo-Provera birth control shot told a federal court they had reached a global settlement agreement. This is ...

Doctors said the meningiomas could be linked to the woman using the contraceptive injections — which she had been receiving regularly for 21 years, in order to avoid getting monthly periods "I'd take ...

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 ...

This week, the FDA approved a label change on Depo Provera, requiring its maker, Pfizer, to warn women about links between use of the birth control injection and brain tumors known as meningiomas.

There’s a new birth control method — and this documentary asks men to take the title of the film seriously. By Glenn Kenny When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our ...

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 ...

Birth control methods can evolve with your health, lifestyle, and pregnancy plans. Common reasons to switch include difficulty remembering to use your current method consistently, changes in sexual ...