Women and their partners who experience a pregnancy loss before 24 weeks will also be entitled to up to two weeks of unpaid leave

【NHK】熊本県八代市の中核病院のひとつ「熊本総合病院」は、地震のあと一般外来の診療を休止していましたが5日、通常診療を再開しました。 病院のカメラには地震発生時の手術室の緊迫した様子が残されていました。

こども家庭庁は7日、2026年度中に始める卵子凍結費用の助成事業をまずは原則18〜35歳の未婚女性を対象に実施すると発表した。自治体指定の医療機関での卵子凍結を要件とし、1回あたり最大20万円を支援する。25年度の補正予算に関連経費として10億円を計上していた。まずはモデル事業として始動させ、近く事業に参画する自治体の募集を始める。卵子凍結に関するデータを集め、将来の適切な事業展開につなげる。

Leah Spasova from Oxfordshire fought for 10 years to obtain tubal ligation procedure, while men could get vasectomies

Grace Bell says she is ‘the happiest I’ve ever been in my life’ after giving birth to baby Hugo in UK first

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The term “FemTech” (short for female technology), coined in 2016 by Ida Tin, refers to consumer-centric technologies designed to improve the health and lives of those with female reproductive organs. ...

Mari Sako has adopted the idea of being a 'global citizen' through her work in academia.

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After trying to conceive for 18 years, one couple is now pregnant with their first child thanks to the power of artificial intelligence.

YouTube video by Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority (HFEA)

Proportion of women giving birth after fertility treatment up by more than a third in a decade, figures reveal

Avian invaders have coastal communities in Britain and beyond in a flap – but people are learning how to live with them

Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe

This study aimed to systematically map available evidence on menopause-related knowledge, symptoms and management in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) and identify critical gaps to inform res...

Hundreds of millions of people are not able to have the number of children they want, the UN warns.

Nigel Farage supports the scraping the two-child benefit cap as a way of encouraging people to have more children. But pronatalist policies that offer a one-off "baby bonus" are not effective.

New government data shows the number of births reached 686,061 in 2024, a decline of 5.7% from the previous year and the lowest since statistics were first kept in 1899

Reform UK has moved into pro-natal policies territory – but experts warn there’s no magic silver bullet

In today’s newsletter: Reform’s latest policy shift echoes strategies seen in Europe’s far right. Will this approach gain traction in the UK?

As of Sep. 2024, the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) sees a 61.8% increase in fertility treatment support compared to last year, with babies born through such assistance accounting for 15.8% of al...

Amid financial strain and growing global challenges, UN Secretary-General António Guterres is pushing for wide-ranging structural reforms to enhance the world body’s effectiveness.

We are the UK's independent regulator of fertility treatment and research using human embryos.

During the first 25 years of the Gates Foundation, we gave away more than $100 billion. Over the next two decades, we will double our giving.

This CPC-CG webinar will be held on Thursday 8 May at 12:00. Dr Mariana Sousa Leite, Cardiff University, will be giving a talk entitled "Psychosocial care to promote patients' adjustment to the end of...

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection, usually reserved for cases of male infertility, was found to be nonsuperior to conventional in vitro fertilization in couples without male infertility concerns.

Low fertility rates have sparked panic and pronatalist initiatives around the world. But some experts are more concerned about the ethics of pushing for more births.

Exclusive: Racial disparities highlighted as researchers estimate 10 million women have conditions such as fibroids or endometriosis

A genetic testing service based in Devon is praised by a woman with a rare skin condition.

Federal authorities have detained an international student studying at Tufts University near Boston and have revoked their visa, the university said in a statement Tuesday night.

Regulator finds people spending money on acupuncture and drugs when undergoing IVF or donor insemination

Background Breastfeeding rates in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are declining, and at the current rate, only four African countries will meet the WHO’s 2030 exclusive breastfeeding target. We examined the ...

Recent cancellation of federally funded grants results in significant changes for the university's global health activities