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Most couples may need IVF by 2045 says professor

April 18, 2021

Shanna Swan is a professor of environmental medicine and public health at Mount Sinai school of medicine in New York City, studying fertility trends. In 2017 she documented how average sperm counts among western men have more than halved in the past 40 years. Count Down is her new book.

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Women of ethnic minorities have lowest rate of IVF success

March 28, 2021

Women from ethnic minority backgrounds have lower chances of a baby through fertility treatment, according to a new report, with declines most sharply among Black women.

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I told my wife to leave me as I couldn't give her a child

March 13, 2021

It's behind half of all struggles to conceive, but is rarely spoken about despite its shattering effect. Here four brave men reveal the agony of male infertility

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We couldn't afford fertility treatment, so found our donor online

March 02, 2021

BBC talks to two women who found their donors online

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Paediatricians request for Covid rules to ease so children can play

February 23, 2021

Doctors say youngsters need to have contact with others in order to socialise normally

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Claims Covid-19 vaccine harms ferility unfounded

February 14, 2021

Posts have incorrectly suggested the Pfizer vaccine could cause infertility in women, or cause their bodies to attack the placenta.

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Eating Zinc could help with fertility during the COVID pandemic

February 07, 2021

According to reports, researchers have said that zinc supplements for both men and women, who are attempting to conceive can assist in reproduction during the pandemic

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No evidence Covid-19 vaccine affects fertility

January 24, 2021

The Royal College of Midwives and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) have issued a joint statement to confirm there is “no evidence to suggest that Covid-19 vaccines will affect fertility”.

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Pregnant women should not be vaccinated for COVID-19

January 17, 2021

The UK Government has issued guidelines making it clear mothers-to-be should not be inoculated until after they've given birth.

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IVF Clinics gaining millions by charging couples for expensive add-ons

December 13, 2020

Fertility clinics are seemingly 'embezzling' money from vulnerable patients by offering them unnecessary expensive add-ons to their treatment, according to a fertility expert

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