fertility

Couples like Sam and Tori Earle of Lakeland, who believe life begins at or around conception, wrestle with weighty questions when faced with infertility. Is IVF an ethical option? The conflict reflects age-old friction at the heart of a recent Alabama case.

For low-income people who are on Medicaid or whose employer health plan is skimpy, help for infertility seems unattainable.

Only 15 states require insurance to cover in vitro fertilization, a pricey path to parenthood. But expensive procedures and drugs can lead to unexpected bills even for the fortunate who are insured.

Caroline Sten Hartnett , University of South Carolina (THE CONVERSATION) The Centers for Disease Control reported this month that the number of births...

The number of locally-acquired Zika cases keeps rising in South Florida, and that means hard conversations between doctors and patients who want to get...