TAMBARAM : An animal birth control project, aimed at reducing street dog population and administering anti-rabies vaccine, was formally inaugurated in Alandur Municipality on Friday.
Additional Director of Municipal Administration V. Pichai said the State Government had allotted Rs. 5.38 crore for implementing the scheme in 50 municipalities and six Corporations. The funds would be used […]
Due to changes in federal law, Tufts Health Service can no longer offer the significantly reduced prices on birth control pills to which many students have grown accustomed.
While students were previously able to buy “clinic packs” of pills from a variety of brands for $7 or $8 per month, many of them will now have […]
Rising costs of oral contraceptives for women across the country have been countered locally, health care providers said.
The Federal Deficit Reduction Act, signed into law in 2005, went into effect last year. The measure cut financial incentives for drug companies to provide oral contraceptives at reduced rates, affecting mostly campus health centers and family planning […]
New York, April 20 (PTI): A birth control pill that would eliminate monthly menstruation till a woman takes it is expected to be approved by the American Food and Drug Administration next month.
The drug’s maker, Wyeth, told the paper that it is expecting F.D.A. approval for the new pill called ‘Lybrel’ in May, but declined […]
Recently college women all across the nation have been shocked by the dramatic increase in oral contraceptives in college health centers.
The increase is due to a 2005 bill that made it harder and more expensive for drug manufacturers to give discounts to college health centers.
After the passing of this bill giving discounts to colleges means […]
(Columbia) – Millions of college students are suddenly facing rising prices for birth control pills. The Thomson Health Center at USC will be doubling or tripling prices for some contraceptives, because of changes in Medicaid law.
Pharmaceutical companies say they can’t afford discounts for colleges any more, because of the 2005 Deficit Reduction Act that ended […]
SACRAMENTO — Supporters of birth control for pets plan to rally today outside the Capitol, on the eve of the first key committee hearing for a bill that requires every 4-month-old dog and cat to be spayed or neutered.
Assembly Bill 1634 seeks to reduce the burden on animal shelters by sterilizing millions of family pets. […]
On the occasion of the organisation by the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) of an international conference called “Sharing best practices and tools in addressing the sexual and reproductive rights of the Roma” in Bratislava, the president of the European Roma and Travellers Forum, Rudko Kawczynski expressed concerns about the Federation’s plans and motives.
“I am […]
College students across the country will soon pay higher prices for birth control on campus. There’s been a complex change in the Medicaid rebate law. There are no longer incentives for drug companies to offer student health centers birth control at discount prices. Western’s Health Services has been dealing with higher costs for a few […]