High temperatures linked to fewer male births in Africa and India, but for very different reasons

A sweeping new study analysing nearly five million births across sub-Saharan Africa and India has found that high temperatures during pregnancy are linked to fewer male births — and the reasons differ dramatically between the two regions. Researchers from the University of Oxford, the Max Planck Institute, the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, and the … Continue reading High temperatures linked to fewer male births in Africa and India, but for very different reasons