U.S. OKs wider access for Barr "morning-after" pill
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Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc.   won U.S. approval to sell its Plan B "morning-after"  contraceptive without a prescription to women 18 and older, the  company said on Thursday.
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A reproductive rights group is on a "fishing expedition" and should be denied access to White House e-mails and other documents it seek as part of a lawsuit promoting unfettered access to the morning-after pill, the Justice Department said Thursday.
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The Portland, Me., school board voted to allow middle-school students to gain access to prescription birth control medications without notifying parents.
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A sunscreen that blocks the type of ultraviolet radiation linked to some cancers, and which has been available only outside the United States, received federal approval Monday.
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The bill is expected to give federal drug regulators significantly more money and power to ensure the safety of the nationâs drug supply.
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Family planning groups outside of the United States would be allowed to receive contraceptives from the U.S. government under a Democratic plan moving through the U.S. House of Representatives that could prompt a veto by President George W. Bush.
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Tablets containing a combination of the blood pressure medication aliskiren and water pill hydrochlorothiazide have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration
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Plan B, an emergency contraceptive, is under review again by the Food and Drug Administration after it previously denied over-the-counter sale of the drug. Women's groups charge the decision was political, not scientific.
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Women's rights groups seeking easier access to emergency contraception are pressuring U.S. regulators as they try to decide whether to approve a non-prescription "morning-after" pill.
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As the FDA approves the morning-after pill for over-the-counter sales to adults, conservatives beat up on the federal agency and the drugmaker begins its push to make Plan B available to younger women
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The government has delayed a decision about whether to allow women to buy the morning-after birth control pill over the counter but hopes to act soon, the manufacturer said Friday.
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The acting head of the Food and Drug Administration told his confirmation hearing Tuesday that his decision to revive consideration of over-the-counter sales of the morning-after pill was based on science, not politics.
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Some see easy access to emergency contraception as a way to drastically reduce teen pregnancy, already on the decline since the early 1990s. Others worry that its long-term effects on young women are unknown or argue that the drug, also known as the "morning after pill," encourages teens to have sex...
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The government is considering allowing over-the-counter sales of the morning-after pill to women 18 and older &#151; a surprise move Monday that revives efforts to widen access to the emergency contraceptive almost a year after it was thought doomed.
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The maker of the morning-after pill said it received assurances Tuesday that the government would quickly settle a three-year battle to sell the emergency contraceptive without a prescription to at least some women.
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The government on Tuesday said it will resume its program to provide free "morning-after" contraceptives to girls as young as 14, but will also offer them advice by specialists.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - A move to give teenagers public   access to the morning-after contraceptive pill without parental   consent has polarized Chilean society, with many saying it's a   license for kids to have more sex.