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Go easy: More women choosing low-maintenance birth control
UPDATE: President Biden has opened the enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act health insurance plans for 2022. You can now enroll in one of these plans until January 15, 2022, at healthcare.gov . Some states have their own open enrollment periods and websites for signing up. Check to see if your state does . […]
A prick, a squeeze, and 3 months of birth control
There’s big news for birth control around the world. Women in 69 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Central Europe may soon have access to an affordable new form of birth control that’s similar to the shot (Depo Provera). It’s called Sayana Press and it’s designed so that with basic training, health care workers […]
Getting the snip is on the rise for guys
UPDATE: President Biden has opened the enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act health insurance plans for 2022. You can now enroll in one of these plans until January 15, 2022, at healthcare.gov . Some states have their own open enrollment periods and websites for signing up. Check to see if your state does . […]
Remote-controlled birth control?
Developers at MicroCHIPS in Massachusetts are working on a remote-controlled implant that could deliver a daily dose of levonorgestrel for up to 16 years. Backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation , the implant would be placed by a health care provider under the skin of a woman’s butt, upper arm, or abdomen. The […]
Birth control, by video chat!
UPDATE: Planned Parenthood Care has expanded, and several other telemedicine services are now available. See what’s happening with online health care in your state ! —Planned Parenthood is pioneering a new way for women in Minnesota and Washington to get birth control care: video chat via smartphone app or computer . Women in these two […]
Welcome back, diaphragm! Caya is slated to hit the U.S. market
Update: The Caya diaphragm is now available in the U.S. — Just when we were starting to worry about fans of this old-school barrier method , the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it has cleared a new diaphragm for sale in the United States. This diaphragm, which will be sold as Caya […]
Sex toys and smooching: Can they give you HPV?
We’ve said it before: human papillomavirus (HPV) is incredibly common . But scientists are still working out some of the details when it comes to how the virus is transmitted and how it can affect people who get it. What we do know is that HPV is sexually transmitted and that most people’s bodies clear […]
Bad news for diaphragm lovers
Update: The Caya diaphragm is now available in the U.S. — Once upon a time, in the mid-1900s, the diaphragm was a very popular form of birth control—but today fewer than 0.3% of U.S. women use one. The lack of demand has meant a slow march toward fewer diaphragms on the market. Now, sadly for […]
Phew! Free birth control doesn’t lead to riskier sex
Remember the Contraceptive CHOICE Project in St. Louis? You know, they’re the ones who offered over 9,000 women any method of birth control they wanted, free of charge, for up to three years. (Swoon.) Well, they have a new analysis based on the same study, and it’s following in previous analyses’ footsteps by making some […]
Accidental pregnancy: It’s a tough nut
Can the U.S. bring the proportion of unplanned pregnancies down to 44% by the year 2020 ? Maybe the goal sounds modest, but unplanned pregnancy is a tough nut to crack. Recent research from the Guttmacher Institute found that the rate of unplanned pregnancy in the U.S. actually went up slightly between 2001 and 2008, […]
