Birth Control

US wellness influencers are increasingly targeting birth control pills, pushing their followers to abandon the contraceptives with false claims about infertility and low libido that researchers say leave them vulnerable to unintended pregnancies.

A 28-year-old woman has died in Bihar's Samastipur, allegedly after a junior staff at a private healthcare centre performed a sterilisation surgery on her in the doctor's absence. Police have said they are investigating the matter.

New York City is considering giving contraceptives to rats to control their numbers in the city.

Prescription-free birth control pills will be available across the United States later this month, widening access to contraception at a time when abortion rights have been drastically curtailed.

Unlike the female pill, YCT-529 is hormone-free and prevents sperm production by blocking access to vitamin A.

Researchers in Canada have suggested that daily contraceptives could alter women's brains and make them risk-takers.

National Lok Janshakti Party President, Chirag Paswan demanded an 'immediate resignation' of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over his distasteful remarks on women and birth control in the state Assembly.

Soon after miraculously delivering quadruplets, a woman lost all four of her babies in Jammu and Kashmir today. Kalida Begum, who lives near Jammu and Kashmir's Line of Control, gave birth to four babies at 2.00 am on Monday.

In view of the upcoming G20 Summit, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) issued an action plan for the removal of stray dogs from the vicinity of prominent locations in the national capital, an official statement said.

The US drug regulator approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the country, it announced Thursday, dramatically widening access to contraception for women as the United States grapples with reproductive rights.

Condoms and contraceptive pills were found inside make-up boxes given to brides at a mass wedding event in Madhya Pradesh's Jhabua district on Monday.

The Centre on Tuesday directed local bodies to ensure only recognised organisations carry out the animal birth control programme in stray dogs as per the recently notified rules.

A tribal woman who is a mother of 11 children was driven out of the house in Odisha's Keonjhar district by her husband for undergoing tubectomy operation, a permanent method of contraception, against his wish.

Nutritionist Lovneet Batra shares foods that can help bring your menstrual cycle on track.

Findings showed most of the influencers talked about stopping hormonal birth control.

US wellness influencers are increasingly targeting birth control pills, pushing their followers to abandon the contraceptives with false claims about infertility and low libido that researchers say leave them vulnerable to unintended pregnancies.

A 28-year-old woman has died in Bihar's Samastipur, allegedly after a junior staff at a private healthcare centre performed a sterilisation surgery on her in the doctor's absence. Police have said they are investigating the matter.

New York City is considering giving contraceptives to rats to control their numbers in the city.

Prescription-free birth control pills will be available across the United States later this month, widening access to contraception at a time when abortion rights have been drastically curtailed.

Unlike the female pill, YCT-529 is hormone-free and prevents sperm production by blocking access to vitamin A.

Researchers in Canada have suggested that daily contraceptives could alter women's brains and make them risk-takers.

National Lok Janshakti Party President, Chirag Paswan demanded an 'immediate resignation' of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over his distasteful remarks on women and birth control in the state Assembly.

Soon after miraculously delivering quadruplets, a woman lost all four of her babies in Jammu and Kashmir today. Kalida Begum, who lives near Jammu and Kashmir's Line of Control, gave birth to four babies at 2.00 am on Monday.

In view of the upcoming G20 Summit, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) issued an action plan for the removal of stray dogs from the vicinity of prominent locations in the national capital, an official statement said.

The US drug regulator approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the country, it announced Thursday, dramatically widening access to contraception for women as the United States grapples with reproductive rights.

Condoms and contraceptive pills were found inside make-up boxes given to brides at a mass wedding event in Madhya Pradesh's Jhabua district on Monday.

The Centre on Tuesday directed local bodies to ensure only recognised organisations carry out the animal birth control programme in stray dogs as per the recently notified rules.

A tribal woman who is a mother of 11 children was driven out of the house in Odisha's Keonjhar district by her husband for undergoing tubectomy operation, a permanent method of contraception, against his wish.

Nutritionist Lovneet Batra shares foods that can help bring your menstrual cycle on track.

Findings showed most of the influencers talked about stopping hormonal birth control.