Expanding access to birth control in New York
Pharmacies are at the center of a birth control access campaign for New Yorkers without primary care services.
Policymakers target birth control deserts
NY Birth Control Access Project's Jenna Bimbi makes the case for pharmacists prescribing hormonal birth control.
Expanding access to birth control prescriptions
Pending legislation would empower pharmacists to write prescriptions for birth control medication and then dispense it.
Possibility of self-prescribed, self-administered hormonal birth control
Democratic state lawmakers are proposing a pathway for women to essentially write their own prescriptions.
New chair tapped for Cannabis Control Board
Gov. Kathy Hochul is looking to move state Cannabis Control Board member Jessica García over to the chair role.
Spreading the word about IUD insertion pain management
Dr. Rachel Flink-Bochacki shares concerns with a bill mandating doctors offer a pamphlet on IUDS when talking contraception.
State health officials push earlier adoption of HPV vaccine
The Hochul administration is rallying behind science that recommends getting the HPV vaccine at 9 years old.
