The controversial law that seeks to legalize physician-assisted suicide is currently being scrutinized in the parliament for fine-tuning before being debated and voted upon. If the proposed legislation becomes law, Canada will join a host of other countries with varying forms of the same law.
A rare blood infection linked to 54 recorded cases and 17 deaths in Wisconsin appeared to have reached Michigan. The infection usually preys elderly people with either weak immune system or an underlying health conditions
Almost 400 people have fallen ill from a norovirus outbreak that has been tied to a Kansas theater restaurant.
Scientists found that factors contributed to a less stressful end of life for terminally ill patients at home than in the hospital.
