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World-first IVF trial reduces risk of babies inheriting diseases
AFP, Published on 17/07/2025
» PARIS - Eight healthy babies have been born in the UK using a new IVF technique that successfully reduced their risk of inheriting genetic diseases from their mothers, the results of a world-first trial said Wednesday.
Vietnam scraps two-child limit as birth rate declines
AFP, Published on 04/06/2025
» HANOI — Vietnam's communist government has scrapped its long-standing policy of limiting families to two children, state media said Wednesday, as the country battles to reverse a declining birth rate.
Bomb at fertility clinic in California kills one
AFP, Published on 18/05/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - An explosion outside a California fertility clinic Saturday killed one person in what the local mayor described as a bomb attack.
Trump admin axes safeguards against 'forever chemicals' in drinking water
AFP, Published on 15/05/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday moved to scrap limits on several toxic "forever chemicals" in drinking water, reversing what had been hailed as a landmark public health victory.
Israel attack on Gaza IVF clinic a 'genocidal act': UN probe
AFP, Published on 13/03/2025
» GENEVA - A United Nations investigation concluded Thursday that Israel carried out "genocidal acts" in Gaza through the destruction of its main IVF clinic, maternity facilities and other reproductive healthcare facilities.
China says population fell for third year in a row in 2024
AFP, Published on 17/01/2025
» BEIJING - China said on Friday its population fell for the third year running in 2024, extending a downward streak after more than six decades of growth as the country faces a rapidly ageing population and persistently low birth rates.
Illegal mining, smuggling threaten Ghana cocoa industry
AFP, Published on 20/12/2023
» ACCRA - Ghana, the world's second biggest cocoa producer, faces a growing risk to its harvest — and blow to its crisis-hit economy — from illegal mining and smugglers, industry officials, farmers and activists warn.
Biden says case of woman forced to leave Texas for abortion 'outrageous'
AFP, Published on 13/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden said it was "outrageous" that a woman was forced to leave Texas to seek an emergency abortion, after the state's courts said she could not terminate her risky pregnancy.
Texas woman forced to leave state for emergency abortion
AFP, Published on 12/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - A Texas woman has been forced to leave the state for an emergency abortion after being prevented from terminating her potentially life-threatening pregnancy, a court filing by her lawyers said on Monday.
Hard to bear: UK's only pandas return to China
AFP, Published on 04/12/2023
» LONDON: The UK's only giant pandas left Edinburgh for China on Monday after spending 12 cubless years in the Scottish capital.