The following explains what a virus reproduction rate is and why it is important in understanding the implications of ending economic lockdowns aimed at containing the spread.

How well are we containing coronavirus? Experts say to look at the "R number," or reproduction number. Here's what it is and why it matters.

An R0, pronounced “R-naught,” and sometimes alternately referred to as the reproduction number, reproduction rate or R-value, is a number that essentially represents how many people an ...

SINGAPORE: On Sep 6, COVID-19 multi-ministry task force co-chair Lawrence Wong talked about a number rarely heard thus far in Singapore's fight against the coronavirus. "What is of concern to us ...

If humanity’s future really is in the stars, what will that mean when it comes to, well, making more humans? As a number of ...

Biologists studying human reproduction have identified what is likely the major contributing factor to the maternal age-associated increase in aneuploidy, the term for an abnormal number of ...

The Alabama Supreme Court recently ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, raising concerns about how the decision could affect in vitro fertilization, commonly known ...