Vasalgel in the News
Below are links to selected media stories about Vasalgel and male contraception from 2013 to the present.
Key Vasalgel Coverage
- Mashable: “We’re one step closer to finally actually maybe having birth control for men” by Cassie Murdoch (April 2017).
- CNN.com: “Male contraceptive gel effective in monkeys, but will it work in humans?” by Meera Senthilingam (February 2017).
- Quartz: “Why are we still waiting for a birth-control pill for men?” by Andy Extance (July 2016).
- Priceonomics: “The economics of male birth control” by Rosie Cima (October 2015).
- ABC News, San Francisco: “Vasalgel Could be Wonder Birth Control for Men“ by Tim Didion (December 2014).
- The Guardian: “Who Wants a Male Pill?“ by Tim Lewis (February 2014).
Other Stories About Male Contraception
- Inverse: “A guide to the next 20 years of male birth control” by Sarah Sloat (October 2019).
- CNBC: “Doctors on the cusp of launching the first male contraceptive” by Alexandra Ossola (August 2017).
- 10News WTSP: “Can male birth control level the relationship playing field?” by Mark Rivera (April 2017).
- Vocativ: “Is This The Male Birth Control We’ve Been Waiting For?” by Tracy Clark-Flory (April 2017).
- International Business Times: “Vasalgel: Promising male contraceptive gel implant successfully reversed” by Hannah Osborne (April 2017).
- ScienceAlert: “This New Type of Male Contraceptive Not Only Prevents Babies; It’s Completely Reversible” by Mike McRae (April 2017).
- HuffPost Australia: “Is This Injection For Men The Future Of Contraception?” by Lara Pearce (April 2017).
- Tech Times: “Fully Reversible Male Contraceptive Gel May Soon Be A Reality” by Livia Rusu (April 2017).
- Bloomberg: “A New Kind of Male Birth Control Is Coming” by Ari Altstedter (March 2017).
- CBS News: “A gel instead of a snip for male birth control?” by Dennis Thompson (February 2017).
- Popular Science: “This male birth control worked for over a year (in monkeys)” by Sara Chodosh (February 2017).
- CNN: “Male contraceptive gel effective in monkeys, but will it work in humans?” by Meera Senthilingam (February 2017).
- The Independent: “Contraceptive gel that creates ‘reversible vasectomy’ shown to be effective in monkeys” by Katie Forster (February 2017).
- Huffington Post: “We’re one step closer to long term birth control for men” by Anna Almendrala (February 2017).
- Cosmopolitan: “A major breakthrough just happened for a reversible male birth control” by Hannah Smothers (February 2017).
- Newsweek: “Experimental male contraceptive works for monkeys; humans may be next” by Jessica Firger (February 2017).
- The Telegraph: “Contraceptive injection for men could end need for vasectomy” by Sarah Knapton (February 2017).
- Forbes: “Male Birth Control Could Finally Take Shape As A Gel” by Janet Burns (February 2017).
- The Guardian: “Successful male contraceptive gel trial brings new form of birth control closer” by Hannah Devlin (February 2017).
- WIRED: “A condom-free male contraceptive takes a step closer after successful trial in monkeys” by Matt Burgess (February 2017).
- Bustle: “5 Things Men Need To Know About Vasalgel” by Kristine Fellizar (February 2017).
- SciShow: “A New Male Birth Control?” narrated by Hank Green (February 2017).
- Cracked: “6 Science Breakthroughs Of 2016 That Might Save Humanity” by Ivan Farkas, lror, and Luke Miller (December 2016).
- Medium: “Safe, secretive, and nonsurgical: Designing the future of male contraception” by Lucy Wilson and Rebecca Callahan (November 2016).
- Cogent Medicine: “Brief report: A health belief model approach to men’s assessment of a novel long-acting contraceptive” by Aisha King, Farnaz Kaighobadi, Amy Winecoff (October 2016).
- The Columbia Chronicle: “Depression is not an acceptable side effect of safe sex” by Selena Cotte (October 2016).
- Contraceptive Technology Innovation Exchange: “Keeping Male Contraceptive Research Front and Center” (August 2016).
- Actuality (by Marketplace and Quartz): “Male Contraception” by Sabri Ben-Achour and Tim Fernholz (June 2016).
- Bustle: “This Is Why Men Want To Take Vasalgel Male Birth Control” by Natalia Lusinski (April 2016).
- Newsweek: “Reversible male birth control Vasalgel shown to prevent pregnancy in rabbits” by Jessica Firger (March 2016).
- Cosmopolitan: “Reversible, Condomless Male Birth Control Will Be Here in 2018” by Hannah Smothers (March 2016).
- WebMD Health News: “Male Birth Control: More Options Soon?” by Kathleen Doheny (March 2016).
- Mic.com: “Male Birth Control Could Soon Be a Thing — It All Depends on When Pharma Funds It” by Claire Lampen (February 2016).
- CNN.com: “How the ‘male pill’ could actually work” by Meera Senthilingam (Jan 2016).
- Science for the People: “Contraception” by Rachelle Saunders (Jan 2016).
- Badger Herald: “Hump day: Equality in contraception nears with male birth control” by Meredith Head (Nov 2015).
- RH Reality Check: “Male birth control pill is still ‘right around the corner,’ like it has been for years” by Martha Kempner (Oct 2015).
- Smithsonian: “Another step closer to male birth control pills” by Danny Lewis (Oct 2015).
- Huffington Post: “Most British men would not take male birth control pill if it becomes available, study finds” by Rachel Moss (Aug 2015).
- The Telegraph UK: “The male Pill is coming, and British men don’t care” by Aaron Hamlin (Aug 2015).
- Medical Daily: “Male Birth Control, Like Vasalgel, Is Closer To Becoming A Reality; Here’s Everything We Know So Far” by Stephanie Castillo (July 2015).
- The Week: “Will male contraceptive injections transform birth control?” (July 2015).
- The Guardian: “Pills, thrills and polymer gels: What’s the future for male contraception?” by Ann Robinson (July 2015).
- Cheat Sheet: “Birth Control: The new options men may have in the future” by Chloe Della Costa (July 2015).
- The Telegraph: “The male pill is coming and it is going to change everything” by Aaron Hamlin (June 2015).
- VICE Motherboard: “The Perfect Birth Control for Men Is Here. Why Can’t We Use It?” by Arikia Millikan (April 2015).
- US News and World Report: “The future of male birth control” by Kirstin Fawcett (February 2015).
- Santa Fe Reporter: “Contraception for Men Might be on its Way” by Hunter Riley (January 2015).
- Mother Jones: “Is Male Birth Control Around the Corner?” by Samantha Michaels (December 2014).
- Yahoo Health: “New Vasectomy Gel Could Offer Temporary Birth Control Option for Guys” by Jenna Birch (December 2014).
- New Yorker: “Where’s Better Birth Control?” by Madeleine Schwartz (November 2014).
- UPI: “Male birth control only a few years away” by Brooks Hays (September 2014). Vasalgel development and timeline.
- MTV News: “Male birth control is almost here- and no, we don’t mean condoms” by Deepa Lakshmin (September 2014).
- Fox News: “Birth control shot for men could be here by 2017” by Jenn Gidman (September 2014).
- New York Times: “Thinking Beyond the Birth Control Pill” (January 2014).
- Discover Magazine: “A Bitter Pill: Slow Progress Toward a Male Contraceptive” by Carrie Arnold (December 2013).
- Sightline Daily: “Beyond the Wallet Condom” by Valerie Tarico (September 2013).
- AEON: “Where’s the Male Pill?” by Jalees Rehman (July 2013).
- Popular Science: “How Not to be a Dad: The Latest Science of Male Birth Control” by Julie Beck (June 2013).
