First over-the-counter birth control pill gets FDA approval
WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators on Thursday approved the nation's first over-the-counter birth control pill in a landmark decision that will soon allow Americ…
July 14, 2023WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators on Thursday approved the nation's first over-the-counter birth control pill in a landmark decision that will soon allow Americ…
July 14, 2023WASHINGTON -- For the first time, a pharmaceutical company has asked for permission to sell a birth control pill over the counter in the U.S.
July 12, 2022WASHINGTON -- 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…
May 11, 2023WASHINGTON -- Health regulators on Tuesday unveiled their proposal to allow Americans to buy hearing aids without a prescription, a long-awaited move intended …
October 20, 2021WASHINGTON -- Millions of Americans will be able to buy hearing aids without a prescription later this fall, under a long-awaited rule finalized Tuesday.
August 17, 2022WASHINGTON -- When you buy eyedrops at a U.S. store, you might assume you're getting a product made in a clean, well-maintained factory that's passed muster wi…
December 14, 2023LONDON -- Taking a common arthritis drug together with the morning-after pill Plan B could boost the contraceptive's effectiveness, according to new research p…
August 17, 2023SALT LAKE CITY -- As America's opioid crisis spiraled into a fentanyl epidemic, prosecutors say one young Utah man made himself a drug kingpin by creating coun…
WASHINGTON There s more disappointing news about multivitamins: Two major studies found popping the pills didn t protect aging men s brains or help heart atta…
Nashville Drug Enforcement Agency Special Agent Stan Jones described "the perfect storm" that has led to a prevalence of the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl, …
WASHINGTON -- The leading decongestant used by millions of Americans looking for relief from a stuffy nose is no better than a dummy pill, according to governm…
September 13, 2023A Malvern man pleaded guilty Monday to multiple felony charges stemming from his arrests last year involving a stolen vehicle, drugs and a burglary at a local …
A local man on probation who was arrested last year on multiple felony charges was sentenced to four years in prison Monday after pleading guilty to one of the…
WASHINGTON -- When a handful of Republican Senate candidates called for oral contraceptives to be sold without a prescription, Democrats cried foul.
JACKSON, Ohio -- The numbers are staggering: An average yearly total of 107 opioid pills per resident were distributed over a seven-year period in this rural A…
Medication abortions became the preferred method for ending pregnancy in the U.S. even before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. These involve taking tw…
July 3, 2022CHICAGO -- Emergency rooms are where many patients are first introduced to powerful opioid painkillers, but what if doctors offered over-the-counter pills inst…
It's now a lot easier -- and cheaper -- for many hard-of-hearing Americans to get help.
December 5, 2022Due to better medical care, improved technology, and new or better treatments, people are now living longer lives. People are able to survive with worsening he…
Feb. 28 Samantha Campbell reported a breaking or entering at Cooper Street. Missing were a purse, wallet, ID, pills, a debit card and money. Cash Saver, …