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  "id": 1721918,
  "title": "Infertility may affect 79.6 million women by 2036, posing challenge for Hong Kong",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/infertility-may-affect-79-6-million-women-by-2036-posing-challenge-1721918",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-18T13:29:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3364467/infertility-may-affect-796-million-women-2036-posing-challenge-hong-kong"
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  "summary": "Global infertility cases among women aged 35 to 49 are projected to rise by almost half to 79.64 million by 2036, posing a major public health challenge for Hong Kong as delayed childbearing becomes increasingly common, a large-scale study has found. The study, co-led by the University of Hong Kong, said on Tuesday that the city’s average maternal age was among the world’s highest and called for…",
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
        "title": "Infertility may affect 79.6 million women by 2036, posing challenge for Hong Kong",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/infertility-may-affect-79-6-million-women-by-2036-posing-challenge",
        "published": "2026-08-18T13:29:05.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}