Conversations around women’s health and pharmaceutical accountability are becoming far more urgent across the nation as lawsuits tied to the Depo-Provera birth control shot continue to grow. What ...

Learn which forms are most likely to stop menstruation and if it’s safe Medically reviewed by Lauren Schlanger, MD Hormonal IUDs can make periods shorter or stop them for some people. You can skip ...

Pfizer’s battle over the safety label for its birth control injection has finally come to a close. The pharma giant announced that the Food and Drug Administration approved its new safety warning ...

As of 2025, lawsuits are now underway against Pfizer, the manufacturer of Depo-Provera, filed by women who were diagnosed with meningioma after using the birth control shot. These cases allege that ...

DMPA is available in two injectable forms: an intramuscular injection, marketed under the name Depo Provera, that can only be administered by a provider, and one that is injected just under the skin.

Doctors said the meningiomas could be linked to the woman using the contraceptive injections — which she had been receiving regularly for 21 years, in order to avoid getting monthly periods "I'd take ...

President Donald Trump calls the International Space Station from Houston, Texas. by Lisa Fletcher, Andrea Nejman This week, the FDA approved a label change on Depo Provera, requiring its maker, ...

When Lindsey Boynton was offered the option to give herself her birth control shot at home, she was surprised the option even existed. The method — self-injected subcutaneous depot medroxyprogesterone ...

Recent litigation has accelerated nationwide after studies and regulatory developments raised concerns about a possible link between long-term use of the shot and meningioma tumors. Presented by Staff ...

Birth control methods can evolve with your health, lifestyle, and pregnancy plans. Common reasons to switch include difficulty remembering to use your current method consistently, changes in sexual ...