Tag: Pills
Under Obamacare, birth control pills are free. Why aren’t vasectomies?
In early May, after the Supreme Court draft opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade leaked, Google searches for vasectomies spiked — and then spiked again [...]
CVS to remove purchase limit on Plan B pills, says sales have ‘returned to normal’
CVS is removing the purchase limit it had put on emergency contraceptive pills following last week's Supreme Court ruling, the chain said Tuesday.The [...]
CVS capping purchases of Plan B pills to ensure consistent supply
Protesters outside the Supreme Court following the overturning of Roe v. Wade.Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesCVS is limiting the numbe [...]
When Abortion Pills Were Banned in Brazil, Women Turned to Drug Traffickers
Women’s reliance on the black market for access to medication abortions means they may not follow best medical practice. When C., a 24-year-old teache [...]
Women in states that ban abortion can get pills online from overseas
In this photo illustration, a person looks at an Abortion Pill (RU-486) for unintended pregnancy from Mifepristone displayed on a smartphone on May 8, [...]
Abortion Pills Take the Spotlight as States Impose Abortion Bans
Since October 2020, Just the Pill has provided more than 2,500 telemedicine consultations with doctors to supply abortion pills by mail to patients in [...]
Should you keep abortion pills at home, just in case?
Medication abortion, or taking a combination of the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol, is an increasingly common method for ending pregnancies in [...]
With new attempts to deliver Covid pills, the White House says virus deaths should be ‘largely preventable.’
The White House on Thursday said it was introducing new models for distributing Paxlovid, the Covid-19 oral medication made by Pfizer, in an effort to [...]
Seeking Covid Pills, Poor Nations Fear Repeat of AIDS Crisis
The cost to UNICEF of Paxlovid — including Pfizer’s insistence that UNICEF keep how much it pays confidential — remains a sticking point, said Dr. Phi [...]
The abortions Republicans struggle to stop: Mail abortion pills and Aid Access
In 2018, more than two decades after Dutch physician Rebecca Gomperts first became an activist to deliver abortion pills around the world, she turn [...]
With Supply More Abundant, Pharmacies Struggle to Use Up Covid Pills
GREENBELT, Md. — Last month, Adeolu Odewale, the owner of a small pharmacy, secured two dozen courses of Pfizer’s new medication for treating Covid-19 [...]
People who test positive for Covid can receive antiviral pills at pharmacies for free, Biden says
Paxlovid, a Pfizer's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pill, is seen manufactured in Ascoli, Italy, in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters on [...]
US bobsledder feels the Bitcoin rhythm and orange pills his fans
Olympic bobsledder Johnny Quinn is the latest sporting celebrity to swallow the orange pill. In a Twitter thread, he shared his best of Bitcoin (BTC) [...]
‘Magic’ Weight-Loss Pills and Covid Cures: Dr. Oz Under the Microscope
Dr. Oz admitted to the senators that his claims often “don’t have the scientific muster to present as fact.” A study he had cited about green-coffe [...]
F.D.A. Will Permanently Allow Abortion Pills by Mail
In data released last month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 42 percent of all abortions — and 54 percent of abortions before 10 [...]