The threat of a hunger strike against the Food and Drug Administration, a Facebook page titled “Essure Problems Lawsuit” and a congressional bill calling for a recall of the female contraceptive ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WPVI) -- A local congressman says the FDA grossly underestimated the harm caused by a contraceptive device. And he alleges the maker paid doctors kickbacks to recommend the device to ...

Bayer will pay $1.6 billion to settle lawsuits from thousands of American women who said they developed debilitating long-term health problems from the pharmaceutical giant’s product, the Essure birth ...

WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – After suffering symptoms of extreme pelvic pain, bleeding and migraines, former users of a birth control device known as Essure are pushing for Congress to immediately ...

Thousands of women say they've been harmed by the permanent contraceptive. But it's unclear whether the problems were caused by the device. The... When Amanda Dykeman was certain she was done with ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal health regulators plan to warn consumers more strongly about Essure, a contraceptive implant that drew thousands of complaints from women reporting chronic pain, bleeding and ...

WASHINGTON (AP)- Federal medical experts will take a closer look at a host of problems reported with the birth control implant called Essure, including chronic pain, bleeding, headaches and allergic ...

KNOXVILLE (WATE) – A new “black box” warning label is now required by the FDA for the birth control implant Essure after more than 5,000 women filed grievances complaining of all kinds of health ...

This article has been updated with more information presented by FDA in a press call Monday and the release of the draft guidance referenced in FDA's announcement. After months of deliberation, the US ...

The FDA has updated its "Problems Reported with Essure" webpage to include medical device reports received in 2019. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has updated its “Problems Reported with ...

Federal health regulators plan to warn consumers more strongly about Essure, a contraceptive implant that has drawn thousands of complaints from women reporting chronic pain, bleeding and other health ...