With typical use, combined birth control pills are 91% effective at preventing pregnancy, regardless of whether or not people take the placebo pills. With perfect use, they are 99% effective.

A project that began as a Gates Foundation-funded effort to expand contraceptive options, particularly in developing nations, has led to the development of a new method to deliver certain drugs in ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Nearly two dozen women across the nation have filed lawsuits against a pharmaceutical giant over a contraceptive linked to a debilitating brain tumor. Depo-Provera is an ...

Singleton Schreiber says the lawsuits filed involve the Depo-Provera injectable birth control injection made by Pfizer. The firm says the injection has been linked to an increased risk of ...