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Likud leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister Yair Lapid, and party leaders at a swearing-in ceremony of the 25th Knesset, at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, November 15, 2022. (Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
November 16, 2022, 1:07 pm
Daily Briefing Nov. 16: Mixed reactions for 25th Knesset; MDs use new tumor tech
Knesset correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn discusses the new parliament and activists at COP27, as health and science reporter Nathan Jeffay looks at sperm count research, tumor tech
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image: sperm moving towards an egg (iStock via Getty Images)
November 15, 2022, 12:01 pm
Sperm counts worldwide have plunged 62% in under 50 years, Israeli-led study finds
Finding is bad news for fertility and men’s health, says co-author Prof. Hagai Levine, adding that if the decline continues, it ‘could threaten humankind’s survival.’
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative image: stem cells (wildpixel; iStock by Getty Images)
July 25, 2022, 5:44 pm
Israeli lab grows proto-sperm from stem cells, in potential fertility breakthrough
Scientists’ work on sperm-less mice could help treat human problems in the future
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustration of humam sperm (vchal via iStock by Getty Images)
August 2, 2021, 9:39 pm
Israeli MD analyzes billions of sperm, finds COVID vaccines don’t harm fertility
Hadassah doctor hopes to allay false fears vaccine harms men’s ability to conceive, after surveying samples from before and after vaccination and finding there’s no change
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative photo of human sperm (photo credit: CC BY-SA 2.0 Bobjgalindo/Wikimedia)
June 7, 2018, 12:39 pm
Prolonged stress affects sperm quality, says study of Israelis during Gaza wars
Sperm moved more slowly in nearly four out of 10 samples taken from men during and just after military confrontations between Israel and Hamas in 2012, 2014
By Sue Surkes
Research samples at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Researchers call the findings a 'canary in a coal mine' regarding overall health in Western countries. (YouTube screenshot)
July 25, 2017, 8:06 pm
Israeli study sounds alarm as sperm count halved in Western men
New international research led by Hebrew U shows says that change over the last 40 years has been ‘steep and significant’
By Shoshanna Solomon
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