One in four sexually active women has used injectable birth control, administered into the muscle by a clinician, but many may be unaware of its association with meningioma, the most common brain ...

Pfizer’s battle over the safety label for its birth control injection has finally come to a close. The pharma giant announced that the Food and Drug Administration approved its new safety warning ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved on Friday a label change for Pfizer's birth control shot Depo-Provera that warns patients of the risk of meningioma, a tumor in the lining of the brain.

Thousands of women are now suing pharmaceutical giant Pfizer over claims its popular birth control injection left them with 'life-changing' brain tumors. Lawyers told the Daily Mail exclusively that ...

As of 2025, lawsuits are now underway against Pfizer, the manufacturer of Depo-Provera, filed by women who were diagnosed with meningioma after using the birth control shot. These cases allege that ...

CHICAGO, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Pfizer has urged a Florida federal judge to dismiss lawsuits claiming its birth control shot Depo-Provera can cause users to develop a type of brain tumor, saying ...

The decision comes as Pfizer faces lawsuits from more than 1000 women who say the company knew about the risks and didn’t warn them. The agency signed off last week on a label update for 2 versions of ...

Evidence shows that birth control pills containing the hormones estrogen and progestin can increase the risk of different types of cancers and decrease the risk of others. Since 1999, the World Health ...