First person cured of HIV dying from blood cancer, says partner
Timothy Ray Brown made medical history and became the personification of hope for the tens of millions of people living with AIDS.
Sat Sep 26 2020
Frenchman who wanted to stream his death accepts palliative care
Alain Cocq suffers from a rare genetic condition which causes the walls of his arteries to stick together.
Thu Sep 10 2020
New Italian 'killer nurse' suspected of slaying 13 patients
Investigators believe the victims, all seriously but not terminally ill, died as a result of being given strong doses of anticoagulant drugs used to prevent blood clotting triggering internal bleeding
Thu Mar 31 2016
France passes law to ease end-of-life suffering
French lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday in favour of a law allowing medics to place terminally ill patients into a deep sleep until they die.
Wed Mar 18 2015
Belgian MPs set to vote on euthanasia for children
Terminally ill children are set to win the right to die in Belgium when lawmakers vote Thursday to extend a decade-old law.
Thu Feb 13 2014