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 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 ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A new birth control pill will soon be available over the counter. It is expected to be released later this month or early April, according to the manufacturer. ABC11 spoke with ...

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.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health advisers said Wednesday that a decades-old birth control pill should be sold without a prescription, paving the way for a likely U.S. approval of the first ...

About two years after the US Food and Drug Administration approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the United States, a new study suggests that many people who may not have had access ...

As the Wire noted in Tuesday's column roundup, The New York Times on Wednesday ran an op-ed arguing for the birth control pill to be approved for over-the-counter use. Kelly Blanchard, the author, ...