Famine and genocide in Gaza: A personal view | LSHTM
Famine and genocide in Gaza: A personal view | LSHTM
In a personal blog, Professor Francesco Checchi discusses the pressing situation in #Gaza amidst increased levels of starvation, and what this may mean for the future π
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A couple tried for 18 years to get pregnant. AI made it happen | CNN
After trying to conceive for 18 years, one couple is now pregnant with their first child thanks to the power of artificial intelligence.
Great example of where AI gets all the credit but the ACTUAL contribution (in this case, sperm for fertilisation) was from the human. AI helped. It helped a lot. But without the human, AI would be impotent. Good allegory here.
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βͺοΈ Almost 21,000 babies were born from IVF in 2023
βͺοΈ 11% of all UK births among women aged 40-44 are as a result of IVF.
βͺοΈ Births from donor treatment made up around 1 in 5 of all IVF and DI births in 2023, accounting for around 1 in 153 of all UK births, which is more than previous years.
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YouTube video by Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority (HFEA)
Fertility Trends 2023
1 in 32 babies now born after IVF in the UK - roughly one child in every classroom.
This year's HFEA report has more demographic perspectives:
See more findings π
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The seagulls have landed: why gulls are encroaching on Britainβs towns
Avian invaders have coastal communities in Britain and beyond in a flap β but people are learning how to live with them
βIf it can seem at times that seagulls are taking over British towns, the fact is that their numbers arenβt rising at all β they are falling sharply. In some traditional coastal nesting sites, the most recent national seabird census found, the populations have all but collapsedβ
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Indeed another excellent and timely piece to unpack the discourse behind it.
βThe lesson from abroad is clear: lasting change requires transforming the conditions that make parenthood feel untenable, not just offering token incentives.β
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The politics of pronatalism and the two-child benefit cap - British Politics and Policy at LSE
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.
Another excellent piece from a demographer, this time Stuart Gietel-Basten, on how "pronatalism is a dead end"
"Without addressing the root causes of low fertilityβinequality, instability, and the incompatibility of work and family lifeβtop-down efforts to βencourageβ childbearing will fail"
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Farage wants a British baby boom β but heβs missing a trick
Reform UK has moved into pro-natal policies territory β but experts warn thereβs no magic silver bullet
πΆ #Farage wants a UK baby boom β will it work? πΌ
Our Director @melindacmills.bsky.social says: βThrowing money at it doesnβt work.β
Tax breaks β baby boom.
Work hours, #housing, #childcare β it takes an ecosystem.
π Telegraph article:
tinyurl.com/m6b9kbxm
#fertility #demography
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Monday briefing: What Nigel Farageβs new obsession with nativism could mean for the UK
In todayβs newsletter: Reformβs latest policy shift echoes strategies seen in Europeβs far right. Will this approach gain traction in the UK?
Over the weekend, BBC Radio 4βs Any Questions programme - not typically a bastion of far-right values - included uncontested claims of how βlow birthrates are the biggest problem the UK facesβ. Worrying how quickly this view, rejected by experts in demography, is becoming mainstream
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Harmonising physical health measures in five national cohort studies webinar information with a photo of a little girl sitting on a sofa using an inhaler while reading a book.
π Join us for our latest free webinar on Thursday, 12 June 2025. Discover new harmonised asthma and diabetes measures, find out how you could use these data to compare 5 generations, and learn about other future health data releases.
π Register here: buff.ly/1TF4P00
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Looking forward to connecting repro people this Friday! More information and free tickets fromπ
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HFEA: UK fertility regulator
We are the UK's independent regulator of fertility treatment and research using human embryos.
Do you have expertise in: AI/big data OR robotics and automation in heallthcare/biological research OR Biostatistics and reviewing the quality of fertility research?
HFEA, UK national regulator of embryo research&fertility treatment, is looking to appoint one new external advisor w the expertise.
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In this article the korean professor says this. So well said.
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Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
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Research Officer at LSE, LSE Health | Ageing, Lifecourse and Social Determinants
An open-access, peer-reviewed journal, owned by the Society for Reproduction and Fertility and Bioscientifica. We publish research and reviews on basic, translational and clinical reproduction and fertility, across all animals, including humans.
Research Fellow at LSHTM ~ research on social support for women, childcare, and children & women's wellbeing ~ stuck between islamabad and london
Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at LSHTM
Demographer and Sociologist. Director of the Carolina Population Center. LEGO Karen
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Ageing | Frailty | Health Inequalities | Access to services
Improving understanding of the drivers & implications of population change & intergenerational connectivity. Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) UKRI, incl. Unis of Southampton, St Andrews, Stirling, Oxford, and Resolution Foundation.
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Professor of bioethics & health research, Centre for Social Ethics & Policy, Dept of Law, University of Manchester.
An international journal dedicated to biomedical research on human conception and the welfare of the human embryo.
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Professor of Law at Loughborough University. Originally a West Country lass. Fan of cats, cooking and fun.
Putting ethics at the centre of decision-making in biomedicine and health.
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