FDA Approves First Nonprescription Daily Oral Contraceptive
The FDA approved Opill (norgestrel) tablet for nonprescription use to prevent pregnancy — the first daily oral contraceptive approved for use in the U.S. without a prescription.
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - July 13, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news

"I wouldn't believe her at first"-a qualitative study of young people's sexual consent perceptions and negotiation in Nairobi informal settlements - Oware PM, De Angeles KJC, Ntinyari W, Langat N, Mboya B, Ekstrom AM, K ågesten AE.
Forced or coerced sexual experiences have serious consequences for young people's health and well-being. Healthy sexual consent communication can foster positive intimate relationships and help prevent unwanted sexual experiences. We aimed to explore how y...
Source: SafetyLit - July 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

The First Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill Gets Official Approval
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials have approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill, which will let American women and girls buy contraceptive medication from the same aisle as aspirin and eyedrops. The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it cleared Perrigo’s once-a-day Opill to be sold without a prescription, making it the first such medication to be moved out from behind the pharmacy counter. The company won’t start shipping the pill until early next year, and there will be no age restrictions on sales. Hormone-based pills have long been the most common form of birth control in the U.S.,...
Source: TIME: Health - July 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: MATTHEW PERRONE / AP Tags: Uncategorized Equality wire Source Type: news

OTC Birth Control Pill Okayed; Slain Surgeon's Patient in Custody; Bird Flu Warning
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require subscriptions. The FDA approved norgestrel tablet (Opill) to prevent pregnancy, the first daily oral contraceptive approved for use in the U.S. without a prescription. Following the fatal shooting...
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - July 13, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

FDA approves first nonprescription daily oral contraceptive
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Opill (norgestrel) tablet for nonprescription use to prevent pregnancy - the first daily oral contraceptive approved for use in the U.S. without a prescription. Approval of this progestin-only oral contraceptive pill provides an option for consumers to purchase oral contraceptive medicine without a prescription at drug stores, convenience stores and grocery stores, as well as online.
Source: World Pharma News - July 13, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured FDA Regulatory Affairs Source Type: news

Iowa Republicans passed a strict abortion bill last night. A legal challenge was filed by morning
A legal challenge has been filed to block Iowa’s new legislation banning most abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy
Source: ABC News: Health - July 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Few U.S. adults support full abortion bans, even in states that have them, an AP-NORC poll finds
The majority of U.S. adults, including those living in states with the strictest limits on abortion, want it to be legal at least through the initial stages of pregnancy, a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds. The poll was conducted in late June, one…#ussupremecourt #roevwade #indiana #jaleeshathomas #kentucky #missouri #wisconsin #supremecourt #roe #south
Source: Reuters: Health - July 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Racism and Sexism Underlie Higher Maternal Death Rates for Black Women, U.N. Says
Black women in Latin America, the Caribbean  and the United States are more likely than their white counterparts to report denial of medication or physical and verbal abuse in health care settings.
Source: NYT Health - July 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Baumgaertner and Farnaz Fassihi Tags: your-feed-health your-feed-healthcare Black People Discrimination Women and Girls Maternal Mortality Deaths (Fatalities) Pregnancy and Childbirth Medicine and Health Medical Schools United Nations Population Fund North America Cari Source Type: news

Does a history of childbirth impact injury prevalence and mental health in female military members? - Edwards CM, Miller, da Silva DF, Puranda JL, Souza SCS, Semeniuk K, Adamo KB.
This study aims to identify whether a history of childbirth and pregnancy-related complications are assoc...
Source: SafetyLit - July 12, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Young Adults Source Type: news

‘ Forever Chemical ’ Lawsuits Could Ultimately Eclipse the Big Tobacco Settlement
It was the dead cows on Wilbur Tennant’s farm that shaped most of Rob Bilott’s professional life. Tennant’s farm was located in Parkersburg, W. Va.; Bilott was—and remains—an environmental lawyer at the firm of Taft Stettinius & Hollister in Cincinnati. All had been well for Tennant until 1998, when half of his herd of 300 cows began to languish and die. The farmer and the lawyer never would have come together, but Bilott’s grandmother lived near Tennant, and a mutual friend suggested Tennant call her grandson for counsel. Tennant had reason to suspect he needed the help of an envir...
Source: TIME: Science - July 12, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized Environment healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Iowa Republicans pass bill banning most abortions after about 6 weeks, governor to sign on Friday
Iowa’s Republican-led Legislature has passed a bill banning most abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy
Source: ABC News: Health - July 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

1 Iowa chamber approves law banning most abortions after about 6 weeks
A new ban on almost all abortions in Iowa after roughly six weeks of pregnancy has prevailed with exclusively Republican support in one chamber of the Legislature
Source: ABC News: Health - July 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Mom pleads guilty to abortion after Meta hands over texts
A Nebraska mother pleaded guilty on Friday to giving her 17-year-old daughter pills for an abortion last year and to helping her dispose of the 29-week-old fetus. Jessica Burgess, 42, in a plea agreement admitted providing an abortion to her daughter Celeste after 20 weeks of pregnancy, false…#nebraska #jessicaburgess #burgess #stateofnebraska #norfolk #benmcbride #pdf #metafacebook #facebookmessenger #meta
Source: Reuters: Health - July 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Abortion laws are driving academics out of some U.S. states —and keeping others from coming
After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion in June 2022, Alesha Thayer sat down with her husband and worked out a plan to leave the state where she has been a faculty member for more than 5 years. Abortions had immediately become outlawed there, and Thayer, who has experienced miscarriages and complicated pregnancies and hopes to grow her family, feared the new legal landscape would limit her reproductive autonomy and the care she could receive. “We just can’t be here anymore,” the physical scientist says. (Thayer is not her real name; Science granted anonymity to multiple s...
Source: ScienceNOW - July 11, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

Cities with highest levels of PFAS forever chemicals in drinking water have higher rates of cancers
The top ten cities whose water sources are laced with toxic forever chemicals have higher-than-average rates of cancer diagnoses and deaths as well as pregnancy complications.
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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