Approximately 39,000 women filed claims saying they were injured by the device, which is a metal coil that is inserted in a fallopian tube. Bayer offices located in San Francisco's Mission Bay ...

ATLANTA — Women in metro Atlanta have joined thousands of others around the country in blaming a popular permanent birth control procedure for leaving them in constant pain with mounting medical bills ...

AUSTIN — Essure, a controversial permanent birth control device, will be discontinued in the U.S. by the end of the year, according to its manufacturer. Bayer cites a decline in sales and negative ...

After years of struggling, women fighting to raise awareness about Essure birth control are finally being heard. The ABC15 Investigators first told you about thousands of women voicing their concerns ...

SACRAMENTO (CN) – Bayer kept selling its permanent contraceptive device Essure despite 16,000 customer complaints about its safety, and it concealed incidents of bowel perforation, three women ...

After years of outcry from patients who say they’ve suffered excruciating side-effects, Bayer has opted to halt sales of Essure, a controversial birth control device that consists of metal coils ...

Tubal sterilization is a procedure used to permanently prevent pregnancy. Traditionally this has been done in the operating using a laparoscope and burning the mid portion of the fallopian tube. This ...