A US tampon manufacturer has announced a recall of some products after complaints of tampons unravelling and becoming stuck inside women's bodies. Kimberly-Clark said they had received reports of ...

A woman travelling through Cairo airport may find her sanitary products confuse and alarm security staff, writes the BBC's Claire Read. Cairo airport's security screening starts at the door to the ...

Yet, many women have no idea tampons even exist, as a BBC journalist has reminded us. Claire Read was recently stopped in Egypt’s Cairo Airport by a female security guard for having a tampon in ...