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Schools should teach young girls about declining fertility, rather than focusing on messages around avoiding pregnancy, say experts

In 1971, just 18% of 30-year-olds had no children – today the figure has risen to 50%, reports the ONS

Dan Baker, 25, from Warwickshire, received a kidney transplant in October and was told by doctors he needed to keep shielding because he is vulnerable to Covid.

Pregnant women are routinely being denied the opportunity to plan a caesarean birth, despite the introduction a decade ago of national guidance giving them such a right.

NEW films have been launched in a bid to boost covid-19 jab uptake among Southamptons pregnant women.

A SET of new films have been created in Southampton to increase the amount of pregnant women getting vaccinated against Covid-19.

Group B streptococcus leads to around 150,000 deaths of babies each year, more than half a million pre-term births and long-term disability.

Expectant mothers tell helpline midwives are advising them against vaccines despite threat posed by virus

Almost a fifth of the most critically ill COVID patients in England in recent months have been pregnant women, according to NHS England, which is urging expectant mothers to get their jabs.

There is no evidence of any impact on fertility - but research will help to counter false claims.