Japan has for the first time approved over-the-counter sales of an emergency contraceptive pill, its manufacturer says, ...

In much of the world, “the Pill” has long been available on retail shelves, alongside vitamins and aspirin and the like. Not so in the U.S.—until very recently, when the Food and Drug Administration ...

Japan has given regulatory approval for an over-the-counter contraceptive pill, its manufacturer said on Monday, the first ...

A new study suggests that the first over-the-counter birth control pill approved in the U.S. is reaching people who previously had little or no access to contraception. Researchers at Oregon Health & ...

Japan has given regulatory approval for an over-the-counter contraceptive pill, its manufacturer said on Monday, the first ...

The pill, Norlevo, can now be purchased without a prescription, with no age restrictions or parental consent required, though ...

Japan's Health Ministry has just approved the country's first over-the-counter morning-after pill— no prescription, no ...

The launch of the first over-the-counter glucose sensors last year has raised a debate about who benefits from these devices. The Food and Drug Administration cleared devices made by Dexcom and Abbott ...

Imagine getting arrested for a DUI because you were just following your doctor's orders. You know how certain meds have those stickers up the side of the bottle warning you not to operate heavy ...

The "morning-after" pill is already available without prescription in more than 90 countries. Japan's conservative views on ...