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The UK newspaper The Telegraph reported on 20 October 2016 that the World Health Organization (WHO) had revised their definition of infertility to include single men and women: The organization's decision, the Telegraph stated, was likely to place pressure on the National Health Service to change their eligibility standards concerning in-vitro fertilization. However, even though the story was picked up by multiple news outlets, it did not include any material or comments from WHO. Instead, it quoted endocrinologist David Adamson, a leading reproductive health practitioner whose Huffington Post contributor profile references him as a fertility expert for the WHO. According to the Telegraph, Adamson, listed as an author of the new WHO standards, said: We contacted Adamson to confirm the Telegraph's reporting, but did not respond. Meanwhile, WHO's website has not reflected any changes to their terminology concerning infertility, which does not mention single people at all: The organization denied the Telegraph's reporting in a statement sent to us on 29 October 2016: The organization also reiterated their definition of infertility via Twitter:
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