America’s hottest export? Sperm
An American and a Danish company dominate the global sperm market – and both claim their supply is biggest
How the Oprah effect helped Weight Watchers regain Americans’ trust
Strategy of targeting members’ general health as well as diet boosted by its star ambassador
Tom Daley: ‘If I hadn’t met Lance, I don’t know if I’d be diving now’
From being objectified at 14 to coming out five years later, the diver has lived his life in public. Still only 24, he talks about his marriage to Lance Black, fatherhood – and why he’s speaking out about gay rights around the world
Eleven babies die after Dutch women given Viagra-like drug in trial
Research halted as 10 to 15 other participants wait to see if their children affected
Breastfeeding: it’s bad for business!
Why would the USA oppose a resolution to promote breastfeeding?
Trump administration’s opposition to breastfeeding resolution sparks outrage
US delegation to the World Health Assembly reportedly deployed threats to try to browbeat nations into backing off the resolution
Seven ways IVF changed the world – from Louise Brown to stem-cell research
The first ‘test-tube’ baby turns 40 this month, but the impact of in vitro fertilisation extends far beyond solutions to fertility problems
Life-saving optimism: what the west can learn from Africa
In the US, where I teach, mental health problems are rife. In Nigeria, poverty is common but there’s no hopelessness. Why, asks author and academic Chigozie Obioma
Germaine, your shock-jock musings just alienate today’s young feminists
With her views on rape, Germaine Greer has torpedoed the chance for women of all generations to find common cause
The US has an HIV epidemic – and its victims are gay black men
If white men were being infected at the horrifying rate that African-Americans are, it would be front-page news, says Steven W Thrasher, who contributed to the book The Unfinished Queer Agenda After Marriage Equality