English nurse charged with serial killing of newborns
A 32-year-old nurse is on trial for murdering five new-born babies and attempting to murder 10 others at a hospital in the west of England....
Canadian euthanasia: bill to protect doctors’ conscience rights fails
It wasn’t a terribly controversial and it was a private member’s bill, and it failed to make headlines in Canada or elsewhere. But it seems...
Survivor of 2016 Brussels airport ISIS bomb is ‘euthanised’ for PTSD
On March 22, 2016, ISIS terrorists set off three bombs in at Brussels airport and at Maalbeek metro station. Thirty-five people died -- 32 civilians...
Dutch health minister wants to clear backlog of requests for euthanasia for mental health reasons
In a report to the Dutch Parliament in late September, the Dutch Minister for Health, Ernst Kuipers, discussed problems with a backlog of euthanasia requests...
Victoria’s euthanasia deaths increase 31%
The number of Victorians using voluntary assisted dying has increased by 31% in a single year, despite the Covid-19 pandemic. In the year to June...
Netflix binges on serial killer nurse Charles Cullen
Netflix is going all in on serial killer Charles Cullen, a nurse who may have dispatched as many as 400 patients in nine hospitals and...
Queen Elizabeth II’s forgotten link to the euthanasia debate
The death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday has dominated headlines for the last few days. BioEdge's editor was searching for a bioethical angle and...
UK could revise standards for infant brain death after Baby A experience
Never simple, brain death in UK babies is being reviewed after a 3-month-old baby was declared “brain dead” due to “irreversible cessation of brain stem...
Scotland and Uruguay: will they legalise euthanasia?
Two more countries are debating whether to legalise euthanasia: Scotland and Uruguay. In Scotland a Liberal Democrat member of the Scottish Parliament, Liam McArthur, has...
When did Hollywood actress Anne Heche really die?
After a fiery car crash on August 5, Anne Heche, a Hollywood actress who starred in TV shows and films over 30 years, died on...
What does the future hold for the disabled when euthanasia is legal?
As the cartoon above suggests, disability activists fear that euthanasia could become a cheaper option for medical care. In a position paper published by the...
Back from the dead?
Unsettling accounts of dead people who aren’t dead continue to make headlines. On August 17, in the Mexican town of Salinas, a 3-year-old girl named...