Nicole Knight

Blog post on the fertility-boosting benefits of certain foods, according to science.

Explainer on the pros and cons of emergency contraception, with expert tips to help women make sense of the recent news about weight limits.

When you’re trying to get pregnant, the two-week wait to take a pregnancy test can seem endless. Here we answer your most pressing questions about how soon to take a pregnancy test.

New research shows only 4 percent of HIV-negative gay and bisexual men take the once-daily medication — even though they account for 66 percent of all diagnosis.

The proposed task force would pool health resources from around the state to set target dates to end the HIV, hepatitis C and STD epidemics.

PrEP is up to 99% effective at preventing HIV when taken daily.

Research has shown that drug reps influence doctors' prescribing behavior. Los Angeles County has repurposed drug reps to sell syphilis testing to local doctors.

The pioneering telemedicine company Nurx is already revolutionizing HIV prevention.

Maybe you've never heard of a contraceptive desert. But you might be among the nearly 20 million women in this country who live in one.

Immigrant detainees in California are confined in prison-like conditions for up to 22 hours a day, while the counties and cities that contract with ICE exercise little or no oversight of local detention facilities, according to a pair of blistering state reports.

The Trump rules banning abortion referrals at Title X-funded clinics, similar to a Reagan-era policy, "mandates discrimination" and could meet legal challenges from states.

Locking a patient in an exam room may meet the standard of false imprisonment, legal experts say.

Practicing good vag care saves you from STIs and other infections—so you can enjoy your lady parts even more.

Your doctor wrote a prescription, but the pharmacist refused to fill it. It’s an emotionally fraught circumstance that more and more women and LGBTQ people are confronting around the country.

The results of a massive, nearly year-long investigation have exposed glaring failures in medical device safety and governmental regulations intended to protect patients around the globe.