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Politics Aug 21

Tim Walz has described his family’s IVF experience. But they used a different procedure

By Chris Megerian, Laura Ungar, Associated Press

Health Apr 07

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More research is needed into why 1 in 6 people experience infertility, WHO says

A new report from the World Health Organization estimated that 17.5 percent of people across the globe have experienced infertility at some point in their adult lives.

By Bella Isaacs-Thomas

Health Apr 04

An egg in a Petri dish is fertilized under a microscope
1 in 6 people globally face infertility at some point in life, WHO says

The WHO recommends that countries offer universal health coverage of fertility treatments in light of a new report showing that 1 in 6 people struggle to conceive.

By Theresa Gaffney, STAT

Health May 31

An egg in a Petri dish is fertilized under a microscope
How overturning Roe v. Wade could affect IVF

Different state’ definitions of personhood, designed with abortion in mind, may have legal ramifications for fertility treatment and embryos.

By Jennifer Gerson, The 19th

Poetry Aug 14

‘The human capacity to carry many things at once’

For poet Ada Limón, carrying both the joys and sorrows of a child-free life is a testament to the human ability to exist with many things piled on our shoulders at once.

By Jennifer Hijazi

May 21

Can poppyseed oil help infertile couples conceive?

By Kate Sheridan, STAT

Flushing fallopian tubes with a poppyseed oil-based solution may help a woman to conceive, according to a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Jun 21

Egg donation demand soars, but many long-term effects unknown

By Sandra G. Boodman, Kaiser Health News

Despite sporadic reports of subsequent infertility and a variety of cancers, some fatal, it isn’t known whether these problems are linked to the process or are simply the result of chance.

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Feb 03

UK House of Commons passes controversial three-person fertility treatment

By Carey Reed

Should doctors be allowed to exchange bad genes for good ones in order to produce a healthy baby?…

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Oct 19

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Freezing Human Eggs for In Vitro Fertilization No Longer Experimental Procedure

Freezing Human Eggs for In Vitro Fertilization No Longer Experimental Procedure…

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Aug 05

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Indian Surrogacy Helps Lift Some Poor, but Raises Ethical Issues

In India, parental surrogacy is often less complicated and costly than having a surrogate in the United States. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro explores the ethics of outsourcing surrogacy in the second of two reports about Indian women who…

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