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Assisted suicide, which is legal in parts of U.S., set to fall in England, Wales. Here's whyTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was passed by the House of Commons last June, the U.K.'s revising chamber, the House of Lords, has...
Millions more Americans can open a tax-free investment account in 2026 — here’s who qualifies nowMillions of Americans gain new access to ABLE accounts in 2026 as eligibility expands to disabilities beginning before age 46. The change u...
UK lawmakers back bill to allow terminally ill adults to end their livesThe UK Parliament took a significant step. Lawmakers approved a bill. It allows terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose assist...
Big blow to Moderna vaccine projects as Trump cancels over $700 million fundingThe Trump administration has slashed $766 million allocated in funding to Moderna Inc., an American biotech and pharmaceutical company resp...
US has broken immigration system that needs to be repaired: Kamala HarrisIn a rare interview with Fox News, Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted the need to fix the United States' broken immigration system. D...
US has a broken immigration system that needs to be repaired: Kamala HarrisVice President Kamala Harris emphasized the urgent need to fix the United States' broken immigration system in a rare interview with Fox Ne...
Health ministry comes up with new draft guidelines on passive euthanasiaThe Union Health Ministry's draft guidelines on passive euthanasia suggest doctors should make considered decisions on withdrawing life sup...
Caring on a need to let go basisBritain introduced a bill allowing terminally ill adults with six months or less to live to seek medical assistance to end their lives. Thi...
How the terminally ill should plan assets, how to write a willAlong with organising finances for medical care, estate planning is also crucial.
SC miffed over Centre not framing law for passive euthanasiaA Constitution bench of justices KM Joseph, Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy and CT Ravikumar verbally observed that the Centre...
Learning about your child’s terminal illness can be heartbreaking. Support groups, family time & social life can help in coping betterOn World Childhood Cancer Day, ETPanache Digital reaches out to oncologists to help parents understand what they should do if their child i...
Covid jabs for children from next month? Top doctors in India to assess global dataThe country’s top paediatricians will review international data on children vaccinated against Covid-19 and present it to the National Tech...
Government may earmark a part of Zydus vaccine for sick kidsThe drug regulator had last week approved ZyCov-D, the world’s first DNA-based vaccine against the novel coronavirus, for emergency use in ...
Children above 12 with comorbidities may be vaccinated against Covid firstChildren over the age of 12 with underlying medical conditions are likely to be vaccinated first, while healthy kids are unlikely to get ja...
Euthanasia now legal in Australian stateMultiple restrictions will be put in place, including residency requirements and assessments from multiple doctors, meaning around 12 peopl...
Indian-origin man pleads gulity to taking USD 2.5 million in bribes in USBhaskar Patel, 67, of Windermere, Florida, received the bribes and kickbacks when he served as a senior project manager for Schneider Elect...
Untreatable infections caused two of three newborn deaths in Delhi hospitalThe data for AIIMS, Safdarjung and Lok Nayak, which cater mostly to inborn babies, was published in The Lancet in 2016. It showed nearly 25...
What is a living will? How does it work?This is essentially a document that allows a person to decide in advance the course of medical treatment he would want if he were rendered ...
SC upholds right to die with dignity for terminally illMove makes it possible for adults to make advance directive specifying to loved ones if they would like to refuse treatment or have life ex...
Patients unable to give free consent too have right to refuse treatment: SCSC held that the patient's right who is unable to express his view cannot be kept outside that Article 21 (Right to life and liberty) of th...