Another IVF mix-up in a US fertility clinic
Two California couples gave birth to each others’ babies after a mix-up at a fertility clinic in 2019. Both of them are suing Los Angeles-based...
Dutch fertility doctor sired at least 47 children
Fertility fraud files. The number of children sired by a gynaecologist at a hospital in the Dutch city of Zwolle has risen to at least...
Australia to fund pre-implantation genetic testing to avoid births with genetic defects
The Australian government has announced that it will fund pre-implantation genetic testing for IVF procedures. According to the health department, the testing services will help...
Embryos in Amsterdam clinic possibly infected by bacteria
IVF treatment has unsuspected dangers. A clinic in Amsterdam placed embryos which may have been infected with a bacterium which can cause meningitis in the wombs of...
IVF for over-40 UK women has risen 20-fold
The number of IVF cycles for women in the UK over 40 has risen more than 20-fold in the last 30 years, according to a...
Japan’s new PM promotes IVF to boost birth rate
Japan's biggest long-term problems are a low birth rate and a shrinking population. Incoming Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has pledged to provide insurance coverage for...
5% of Australian babies come through IVF
About 5% of babies born in Australia are IVF babies, according to the latest report from the University of New South Wales, based on figures...
Hungary to offer free government IVF to reverse declining population
Hungary has taken a dramatic step to reverse its below-replacement birth rate: it has nationalised six IVF clinics and plans to offer citizens completely free...
Will IVF turn around Japan’s declining population?
Five percent of Japanese babies are due to IVF – one of the highest rates in the world. Still, according to The Economist, “No country...
Will IVF raise fertility in ageing societies?
Now that birth rates in most developed nations, with the exception of theUnited States, are below replacement level, policy wonks everywhere are graspingfor ways to...
Will IVF reverse falling birth rates?
With birth rates in Europe sinking to unprecedented lows, one country seems to have bucked the trend. At the moment Denmark has a birth rate...
ISRAELI IVF FAILS TO RAISE BIRTH RATE
The conflict between Jews and Arabs in the state of Israel has many battlegrounds -- and one of them is the IVF clinic. According to...