IVF

Malaysia’s Alpha IVF set to double centres in two years

The fertility care centre eyes growth in Indonesia, China and the Philippines

US Vice-President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is in a tight race for the US presidency against Republican nominee and former President Donald Trump.

Fiery Harris uses testy Fox interview to claim break from Biden

A COMBATIVE Kamala Harris pledged a clean break from Joe Biden’s presidency Wednesday in a feisty interview with right-wing Fox News as she sought to reach Republican voters wary of Donald Trump.

Embryo storage area at Thomson Fertility Centre.  Thomson Medical notes a 70 per cent increase in the number of IVF cycles done in Singapore over the last 10 years.

Greater awareness and government support are birthing an IVF boom

Fertility service providers are also seeking to go regional in anticipation of future demand

The number of IVF treatments performed in the US has more than doubled in the past decade, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Robots and AI are aiming to make IVF cheaper

THE hundreds of thousands of people who undergo in vitro fertilisation (IVF) each year put their faith in a high-stakes, hands-on process that requires extensive manual manipulation of fragile, micros...

 A medical technician selects eggs for an IVF procedure. At stake is a US$40 billion US industry that is expected to triple in size over the next decade as more people delay having babies until later in life – and more women freeze eggs in anticipation.

IVF mistakes are opening a new front in the fight over reproductive rights

Critics argue that the industry suffers from regulatory blindspots that leave it vulnerable to errors, yet more rules could threaten access to IVF

 A medical technician selects eggs for an in-vitro fertilization (IVF) procedure (top). The gay couple said they were forced to put off having a family for years because the city’s employee health insurance plan denied them coverage for IVF procedures.

NYC sued for denying gay employees in vitro fertilization coverage

New York City was hit with a lawsuit on Thursday (May 9) claiming it discriminates against gay male city employees by only covering the costs of in vitro fertilization for women and heterosexual coupl...

The exterior of Jinxin Reproductive Hospital in Chengdu, in China's Sichuan province. Jinxin Fertility Group is expanding in South-east Asia with an investment in an Indonesian company.

Chinese IVF specialist expands into South-east Asia with investment in Indonesia

Hong Kong-listed Jinxin Fertility has signed equity investment deal with Morula Indonesia

Egg freezing in Japan typically run from around 300,000 to 600,000 yen but can reach into the millions.

Tokyo overwhelmed by how many women want to freeze their eggs

THE Tokyo government has been overwhelmed by interest in its new fertility subsidy programme, one of several pilot programmes across the country designed to address one of the lowest birth rates in th...