Investigators have developed a long-acting contraceptive implant that can be delivered through tiny needles to minimize patient discomfort and increase the likelihood of medication use. Their findings ...

Mass General Brigham and MIT have developed a contraceptive implant that can be delivered through tiny needles, minimizing ...

Mass General Brigham and MIT investigators have developed a long-acting contraceptive implant that can be delivered through ...

The new form of birth control would be delivered trhough tiny needles. The post MIT researchers unveil new contraceptive for ...

Approach could herald new way of delivering drugs beyond birth control — such as for HIV, TB, schizophrenia, chronic pain, or ...

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a DIY jab that could soon offer women long-term ...

Currently, contraceptive implants last for years but the device needs to be fitted inside a woman by a trained professional ...

In an extremely rare case, a woman's contraceptive implant migrated from her upper arm to her left lung. The woman, who's based in the U.K. and in her 30s, consulted doctors after noticing that ...

subdermal implant (ENG implant) is the most effective, long-acting reversible method of contraception available. The failure rate of the ENG implant is 0.05%, which makes it more effective than ...

When she got pregnant at 16, Fatou Esther Jusu was terrified that it would derail her future. Abortion is illegal in Sierra ...

Traditional contraceptive implants are small, flexible rods that are surgically inserted under the skin to slowly deliver drugs over time, removing the hassle of remembering to take a pill.