Not assisting reproduction

Reproductive crisis? Sperm counts dropping rapidly worldwide

Mean sperm count dropped to 49 million/ml from from 104 million/ml in 46 years

On the road

Health needs political commitment

The sexual world of the tiger has been invisible to the world: Valmik Thapar

Down To Earth talks to veteran conservationist Valmik Thapar about his book 'The sex life of tigers', the cat’s mating rituals and why his …

Married women in India have highest out-of-pocket expenditure for non-communicable diseases

Married women in both rural and urban India spend more on treating non-communicable diseases than other diseases, shows a study

Scientists unlock enzyme that reorganises paternal genome during fertilisation

Enzyme SPRK1 makes way for the first step — folding and packaging the sperm so that it fits in the egg

Serious flaws in the government’s population control policy

Women fall victim to failed sterilisation, while the government remains unaware of this missing link in population surge

Has the free market economy added to India’s increasing PCOD burden?

About 9.13% of menstruating women in south India and Maharashtra suffer from PCOS, while 22.5 per cent have PCOD, according to UNICEF

Y files

Males will not become extinct

Fair play

Infertility Kit

Measures sperm motility

New study could pave the way for novel contraceptive

Researchers found that in the absence of an enzyme critical for sperm formation in mouse, sperms failed to develop completely

Celibacy: its surprising evolutionary advantages – new research

Institutions can also be shaped by people’s reproductive and economic decisions, a study on celibacy in Gansu, China, shows

Female genital mutilation leads to over 40,000 excess deaths in Africa annually: Research

The practice still remains legal in five of the 28 countries where it is most practiced namely Mali, Malawi, Chad, Sierra Leone, and Liberia

Abortion in India: Experts call for changes

Even as the government puts finishing touches to changes in India’s old abortion law, experts say change is the need of the hour

Troubled waters

Pollutants alter sexual characteristics of wild fish

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India improves maternal mortality ratio, but poorer states yet to make progress

This is a considerable improvement from the 130 deaths per lakh in 2014-2016

How India’s COVID lockdowns impacted menstrual health

Limited access to period products during India’s COVID lockdowns highlighted how far public health initiatives have to go when it comes to …

Traffic noise can distract female frogs, lead them to select wrong mates: Study

Humans altering soundscapes may spell disaster for frogs’ mating success and population survival, a new study has warned

Disease claims over 2,000 pigs in Mizoram's Champhai district

Besides Champhai, another region called Lunglei has also shown cases of infection, but the casualties are far less

Killer whale mothers’ love for their sons comes with huge costs: Study

Caring for male calves reduces the chances of the mother having more offspring by half  

Customary and religious laws are impeding progress towards women’s health in Nigeria

The country has the second-largest HIV epidemic in the world; its women make up more than half of people living with the disease  

Cost-a DBCP? Sterility, cancer