Contraception does even more good in poor countries than thought

Happier families FEW tasks in developing countries are as tricky—or as important—as convincing parents to keep their daughters in school longer. One way of doing so is to make contraceptives available, concludes a new working paper by Kimberly Singer Babiarz at Stanford University and four other researchers. Conducted in Malaysia, the study used a happy […]

Morning after pill – high street store now offers contraception for 'HALF' the price

The high street retailer is the first to launch a generic emergency contraceptive pill. At £13.49, it will be available at ‘half’ the price of most branded options, according to Superdrug. More commonly known as the ‘morning after pill’, it’s used when contraception has failed. This could be because no contraception was used, a condom […]