Recipient of transplanted pig heart dies
David Bennett, the 57-year-old patient with terminal heart disease who made history as the first person to receive a genetically modified pig’s heart, died on...
Abortion: no clear road ahead globally
The right to abortion is taken for granted in many countries but is bitterly contested in others. In fact, not just in the United States,...
War creeps closer to Kyiv’s surrogacy industry
Surrogacy became much more complicated on February 24 in Ukraine. With the Russian invasion, it was evident that Kyiv would become a war zone. But...
Global sperm market reaches nearly US$5 billion
The global market for human sperm generated US$4.74 billion in 2019 and by 2027 will reach $4.86 billion, according to a market report from Allied...
Munich clinic spurns Russian and Belarus patients
According to the Geneva Convention, doctors should treat equally all non-comabtant patients, even if they are on the side of the enemy. How easy it...
Nurses are the most trusted professionals in the US
For the 20th year in a row, nurses are the most trusted professionals in United States, according to an annual survey by Gallup. The poll...
Russian doctors plead for end to war
Thousands of Russian doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers have signed an open letter to President Vladimir Putin urging him to put an end to...
Is the UK slowly approaching legalization of commercial surrogacy?
A debate over the legalization of commercial surrogacy is simmering away on the back burner in the United Kingdom. Last year the Law Commission of...
After five years, is Canada’s ‘medical aid in dying’ legislation working?
Canada legalized euthanasia and assisted suicide in 2016, five years ago. Both supporters and critics of “medical aid in dying”, as the Canadians call it,...
Beijing to subsidise IVF to boost falling birth rates
The city of Beijing is adding 16 reproductive health technologies to its health insurance programs in an effort to boost the birth rates. Other cities...
Biden backs abortion rights and transgender treatment for minors in his State of the Union address
President Joe Biden dug in his heels over two controversial bioethical issues in his State of the Union address on Wednesday. He began by giving...
The health consequences of war in Ukraine will be catastrophic
Shakespeare speaks of the thrill of war in Othello: ‘" the neighing steed and the shrill trumpThe spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife,The royal banner, and...