After quitting most methods of birth control, you’ll return to normal fertility within a few menstrual cycles or sooner. The ...

Opinion writer Olivia Roderick shares her personal experience with birth control. Although she initially struggled with whether or not to stay on it despite the effects it had on her ...

The most effective types of birth control are 99% effective. Those include sterilization, IUDs, and implants. The pill is about 93% effective with typical use.

Research indicates that hormonal birth control can influence emotions and memory, shaping the daily reality of women worldwide. Hormonal birth control is a fact of life for millions of women. In the ...

As social media and wellness podcasters bombard young women with messages about the pill, many are questioning what they’ve long been told. As social media and wellness podcasters bombard young women ...

The CDC currently says a timely administration of a hepatitis B vaccine is essential to help prevent transmission of the virus from mother to child at birth. While efforts to test for this virus ...

Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously on Friday to shift away from a broad ...

Since the hepatitis B vaccine was recommended for all babies at birth in 1991, new cases in the United States have declined significantly, especially among young people. The people at highest risk for ...

A recent opinion piece in The Hill dismissed the importance of portable benefits to workers. Unfortunately, that view not only misrepresents the conversation around benefits for independent workers, ...

Editor’s note: This is the seventh installment in a series examining the roots of America’s housing crisis. To read the earlier pieces, visit the roots of today’s housing crisis. In the 1960s, the ...

When a child is born, the world should pause. In that fragile moment between first cry and first touch, something larger than science occurs. Trust. A mother’s body, a father’s presence, a family’s ...

High blood pressure or hypertension, is a widespread issue affecting about 1.3 billion people globally. It is the leading preventable risk factor for cardiovascular disease, claiming around 10 million ...