In 1886, chemist W. J. Rendell manufactured the first birth control suppository. It contained a cocoa butter shell for suppositories that melted in the body to release the medication quinine, a drug ...

Scientists at Michigan State University have uncovered the molecular “switch” that powers sperm for their final, high-speed dash toward an egg. By tracking how sperm use glucose as fuel, the team ...

Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts is offering vasectomies for the first time starting Saturday, and some clinics ...

Reversible contraceptives like birth control pills, patches, IUDs and implants do not cause permanent infertility for most women. Fertility generally returns within months after stopping use, though ...

Inside the Findings That Shaped Materials Science takes a closer look at some of those turning points - the ideas, lab ...

When hormonal contraceptive pills hit the market in the 1960s, it revolutionized women’s control over their own bodies. For men, successful reproduction begins with the right cocktail of hormones, ...

In the 1970s, the U.S. agency that provides health care to Native Americans sterilized thousands of women without their full and ...

The conservative think tank responded by saying such programs already exist and the report is "pro-marriage, pro-family and ...

Leigh-Anne Pinnock revealed that she and her Little Mix bandmates, Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirlwall, reached out to former member Jesy Nelson after she publicly disclosed her twins' health battle.

Trump says he wants Republicans to "take over the voting" and "nationalize" November's elections. A new Yahoo/YouGov survey ...

Guards at an ICE detention facility in Texas raided the dorms of immigrant families Tuesday, in order to destroy children’s ...