California court forces religious charity to offer contraceptives
In a test case watched closely by women's groups across the US, the California Supreme Court has ordered a Catholic employer to include contraceptives, including...
Cancer patients should die at home, says charity
A UK charity, Marie Curie Cancer Care, is lobbying the government to fund home care so that patients can die at home with their families....
Regulating suicide tourism in Switzerland
Frustrated by the Swiss central government's lethargy, Zurich's public prosecutor is drafting legislation to clamp down on "suicide tourism" and to burden assisted suicide groups...
Scientists can be rascals, say journal editors
Some researchers are up to no good, according to the annual report of the Committee on Publishing Ethics. Although the number of misdemeanours -- 29...
IN BRIEF: Canadian Caesars; female genital mutilation; free IVF in UK; quitting IVF
Canadian obstetricians will soon be free to deliver babies by caesarean section without a medical reason. In the past the operation was reserved for high-risk...
HOLIDAY BREAK
A male nurse from Philadelphia may have killed dozens of elderly patients in nursing homes over the past 16 years. Charles Cullen, 43, a divorced...