The regulatory shift comes amid mounting pressure on long-term care systems and a growing ethical and medical debate.

Hi. I’m Art Caplan. I'm at the Division of Medical Ethics at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. A topic that we often find up in the air for discussion is medical aid in dying or assisted suicide, ...

A Massachusetts bill to allow physicians to prescribe medical aid in dying medication had its first hearing April 2. Supporters of the issue say that people should be able to choose the way they die, ...

Terminally ill adults in Illinois may have the option to take life-ending medication prescribed by a physician under a bill passed by the Illinois legislature last week during its fall session.

Credit: Getty Images As of 2025, MAID is authorized in Oregon, Washington, Montana, Vermont, California, Colorado, Hawaii, New Jersey, Maine, New Mexico, Delaware, and the District of Columbia, ...

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has tabled the 2026 Budget, which includes some much-needed relief for South Africans on ...

Connecticut lawmakers are grappling with a question that touches on some of the most personal and profound decisions families ...

The sponsors of a bill to allow terminally ill New Yorkers to take medication to end their lives have amended the legislation to clarify that health care providers and insurance companies would not be ...

Green Beer Sunday returns to Tipp Hill for 63rd year, kicking off St. Patrick's season Tipperary Hill turned green once again Sunday as thousands packed the streets for the 63rd annual Green Beer ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A bill that would allow eligible terminally ill patients in Virginia the option of medically-assisted death, or “medical aid in dying,” has passed the state Senate along a ...