Advisers for the US Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously on Wednesday in support of making the birth-control pill Opill available over-the-counter, saying the benefits outweigh the risks.

U.S. regulators will vote this week on whether the contraceptive Opill should be made widely available without a prescription. U.S. health regulators are considering whether a decades-old birth ...

Opill, the first over-the-counter birth control pill that can be purchased without a prescription, will be available later this month online and in pharmacies for $19.99 a month, $49.99 for a ...

For the first time, the Food and Drug Administration has approved a birth control pill that does not require a prescription. The FDA announced Thursday it has approved Opill (norgestrel) tablets for ...

The company's pharmacy benefit manager, CVS Caremark, said the pill will be added to its preventive services oral contraceptives list and will be covered at zero cost for many sponsors. The drug, ...

The first over-the-counter birth control pill in the United States will soon be available for purchase. It’s called Opill, and a one-month supply will run about $19.99, while a three-month supply will ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — The first over-the-counter ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the nation’s first over-the-counter birth control pill, clearing the way for women and girls to purchase contraceptive medication in the United ...

U.S. health regulators are weighing the first-ever request to make a birth control pill available without a prescription. Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration meet next week to review ...

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 ...