The FDA is planning to call on the health-care industry and consumers to provide information on the benefits of switching a prescription drug to over-the-counter, the agency’s drug chief said Tuesday.

Secretary Robert F. Kennedy will release a report linking autism to a common over-the-counter pain medication. In addition to ...

About two years after the US Food and Drug Administration approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the United States, a new study suggests that many people who may not have had access ...

Shares in the the parent company of Tylenol-maker McNeil Consumer Healthcare sank after a report suggested Robert F. Kennedy ...

Two years after the FDA approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill, new research shows it’s effectively expanding access to contraception. Women who took nonprescription Opill (norgestrel) ...

OHSU researchers found that many of those who access the pill over the counter had previously used no contraceptive method at all.

Share on Pinterest A new study found that OTC birth control has significantly expanded access to a safe and reliable birth control method. Carol Yepes/Getty Images In 2023, the FDA approved Opill, the ...

A new continuous glucose monitoring approach is making its debut over-the-counter—one that’s aimed not specifically at people with diabetes, but at users looking to guide their weight loss with ...

Over-the-counter PrEP could help expand access to HIV prevention outside of clinics and benefit higher-risk patient ...