Plan B To Be Available As Generic

American Voices

July 17, 2009 | ISSUE 45•29

A generic version of Plan B, also known as the morning-after pill, was approved by the FDA and will be available in August. What do you think?

Great. I can't tell you how many times I've wanted to prevent conception but have been dissuaded by Plan B's outrageous $50 price tag."

Grace Kruger
Systems Analyst
When will they come out with something for men who have had unplanned, unprotected sex? Oh, yeah, I guess that's called not calling."

Chad Johnson
Big Rig Mechanic
August?! But my high school reunion is tonight!"

Lou Hofer
Sales Manager

U.S. Cuts Aid To Pakistan

05.25.12 |

The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 30-0 to cut aid to Pakistan by $33 million after the country’s government arrested and sentenced a doctor who tipped off the United States to Osama bin Laden's location.
'Fifty Shades Of Grey' Series Reaches 10 Million Sales

05.25.12 | ISSUE 48•22

Publishing house Vintage has sold 10 million copies of the erotica trilogy Fifty Shades Of Grey in multiple formats in an astonishing six weeks.
Suspect Arrested In Etan Patz Case

05.24.12 | ISSUE 48•22

A suspect in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, the first missing child to be put on a milk carton, was taken into custody.
U.S. Census Overcounted By 36,000

05.24.12 | ISSUE 48•21

A survey revealed that the 2010 census counted an extra 36,000 people, or 0.01 percent, because of duplicate forms and deaths, which is down from the 0.49 percent overcount in the 2000 census.
Egypt Holds First Presidential Elections

05.23.12 | ISSUE 48•21

Fifteen months after Egyptian ruler Hosni Mubarak was deposed, Egyptians voted in their first-ever free presidential elections.