Although some birth control methods can be costly without insurance, free or lower cost options are available. Many clinics, health centers, and programs provide free or lower cost birth control for ...

Natural family planning, barriers, hormonal methods, copper IUDs, and permanent sterilization have varying degrees of effectiveness. Family planning involves tracking fertility cycles and sexual ...

Telehealth services, many pharmacies, and certain organizations, such as Planned Parenthood, allow people to get birth control refills without needing to visit a doctor in person. There are many ways ...

Birth control access is becoming a hot topic as America gears up for another election season. If you’re feeling anxious about your reproductive rights (honestly, who isn’t?), we’ve got your back with ...

Existing rules say birth control should be covered in some way, but many people are still paying out-of-pocket. Jessica was a writer on the Wellness team, with a focus on health technology, eye care, ...

Hormonal birth control is a method of preventing pregnancy. Some types of antibiotics and other medications can interact with hormonal birth control, causing it to be less effective. Birth control, or ...

Maddie is a former writer and editor for Forbes Advisor Health. She is based in Durham, North Carolina. Prior to joining Forbes Health, Maddie was a personal finance editor at Credible where she ...

A young woman in a TikTok video unfolds a drug information package insert, revealing a paper large enough to cover her curled up body. “When they forget to give you a blanket but you brought your ...

In 2019, Alyssa, a Kansas City native, was attending her freshman year of college in Washington, DC, when she needed her birth control shot administered. She went to her university’s busy hospital and ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals recalled almost 27,000 packs ...

Title X is a 56-year-old federal grant program that supports thousands of clinics that provide birth control and STI testing ...

Courtni Jones, contraceptive counselor with the Child Poverty Action Lab's Trust Her initiative, shares birth control information with a shopper at the Bishop Bazaar on Sunday. Azul Sordo / Special ...