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Boy’s death brings focus back on vaccination, sterilisation of stray dogs

The mauling to death of an 11-year-old boy by street dogs at Muzhappilangad in Kannur on Sunday has brought back into focus the animal birth control (ABC) activities in Kerala.

The Hindu

Revealed: huge disparities in birth control prescriptions across England

GPs in richest areas and those with lowest ethnic minority populations spend most on birth control per 1,000 women

The Guardian - UK

I stopped taking hormonal contraception six months ago - and I've been shocked by how much better I feel

As Davina McCall's new show Pill Revolution airs, Health Editor Ally Head takes a stark look at how the pill affected her mental wellbeing.

Marie Claire

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Gene therapy could be used as birth control for cats, small study suggests

A new study shows that gene therapy could be an effective form of birth control for cats.

LiveScience

Tackling the human-dog conflict

The Prevention of Cruelty (Animal Birth Control) Rules 2023 is a humane approach that balances out the welfare of dogs while taking into consideration the concerns of humans

The Hindu

The FDA Just Approved a Game-Changing OTC Birth Control Pill — Should You Switch to It?

The Opill contains a low dose of progestin at 0.075 milligrams per pill, and has to be taken at the same time every day.

Inverse

Row over gifting of make-up kits with condoms at mass wedding in Madhya Pradesh

A political controversy was triggered in Madhya Pradesh after condoms and birth control pills were found in make-up kits gifted to brides during a mass marriage programme under a government scheme in Jhabua district on Monday.

The Hindu

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AOC blasts Boebert over birth control

"Then she voted against the right to contraception so she could double this problem and give it to the next person"

Salon

AOC mocks Lauren Boebert over claim she had her third son because birth control was too expensive

Boebert has voted against expanding contraception access

The Independent UK

AOC mocks Boebert over claim she had her third son because birth control was too expensive

Boebert has voted against expanding contraception access

The Independent UK

With growing abortion restrictions, Democrats push for over-the-counter birth control

With abortion increasingly restricted in many states, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), hopes to persuade Republicans to back insurance coverage for over-the-counter birth control.

WEKU

FDA could approve OTC birth control

Advocates say removing the barrier of prescriptions is long overdue

Salon

CNN Gave Trump a Megaphone and He Used It Exactly as You'd Expect

Plus: American conservatives are becoming more European, FDA approves birth control "mini pill" for over-the-counter sale, and more...

Reason

Women's reproductive rights: The extraordinary activism of Deja Foxx

Deja Foxx, 23, has just been awarded the Global Citizen Prize for her activism on women's reproductive rights. Deja first came to prominence at just 15 years old, when she challenged a Republican senator in Arizona over the right for women to have free access to birth control pills. Since…

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Roll Call

FDA weighs potential over-the-counter birth control pill - Roll Call

FDA advisers were asked to assess whether consumers would use the pill properly if it were sold on store shelves without a prescription.

Daily Mirror

Birth control pills should be sold without prescription in US, health advisers say

The panel of Federal Health Advisers (FDA) voted unanimously in favour of drugmaker Perrigo’s request to sell its once-a-day medication over the counter

Reason

FDA Might Approve Over-the-Counter Sales of One Birth Control Pill. Now It's Time To Approve All the Rest.

Why won’t the FDA allow women to buy a safer product without requiring a doctor’s visit that medical experts think is unnecessary?

WEKU

Advisers to the FDA back first over-the-counter birth control pill

In a unanimous vote, 17-0, a panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended that the agency approve the first over-the-counter birth control pill.

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The Independent UK

FDA panel backs over-the-counter birth control pill

Federal health advisers are recommending that a decades-old birth control pill be sold without a prescription

Axios

FDA experts unanimously endorse over-the-counter birth control pills

A final decision from the FDA is expected to come at some point this summer.

WEKU

The FDA considers first birth control pill without a prescription

The Food and Drug Administration is weighing whether to allow a birth control pill to be sold over the counter for the first time. An advisory committee opens a two-day hearing Tuesday.

The Independent UK

FDA weighing 1st over-the-counter birth control pill

U.S. health regulators are weighing the first-ever request to make a birth control pill available without a prescription

The Hindu

Societies and feeders welcome Centre’s decision on dedicated place and time to feed stray animals

Housing societies and animal feeders welcome the Centre’s guidelines on the Animal Birth Control Rules, which put the onus on the Resident Welfare Associations (RWA) and Apartment Owners Associations (AOA) to ensure a feeding spot and time for residents to give food to animals.

Fortune

3 reasons we need more male birth control options, according to a top medical researcher

Additional options could help mitigate the overturn of Roe v. Wade.

Inverse

These Scientists Are Using Simple Math To Make a Better Birth Control

A study published in April found most hormonal contraceptives could lower their dosages by 92 percent yet still suppress ovulation, based on mathematical modeling.

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