Our top health stories this year: Declining sperm, cryopreserved bodies and cancer-fighting bananas

This year has again generated a lot of headlines about COVID-19, as well as outbreaks in mpox (formerly known as monkeypox), hepatitis, RSV and Strep A. But there’s a lot more out there in health news. Here are seven of our most popular articles you may have missed this year. 1. Sperm counts are fallingHuman sperm does not appear to be in great shape – and experts are warning of a looming fertility crisis. New research shows that sperm counts worldwide have halved over the past 50 years and the decline is gaining pace. The drop, the authors warned, could become a problem too big to ignore, wit…

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