Category : Health

What is assisted dying and how could the law change?

A proposed law would let terminally ill people in England and Wales choose to end their life.

Assisted dying bill: What is in proposed law?

The proposed law would allow some terminally ill adults to end their own lives. But there are requirements.

What happens next to the bill on assisted dying?

MPs have backed a change in the law, but the measure still faces many hurdles before coming into force.

'Focus on palliative care not assisted dying'

Doctor Mike Blabin tells the BBC the sector is desperately underfunded despite facing huge demand.

How assisted dying has spread across the world and how laws differ

About 300 million people have access to some form of assisted dying - what are the policies of other countries?

Rantzen did not expect to see assisted dying bill

Dame Esther says she thought she would be "long gone" by the time MPs debated assisted dying.

Hope, fear, faith and love: Four people on why assisted dying vote matters

For the first time in nearly a decade, MPs will debate and vote on the issue of assisted suicide.

How many people still smoke in the UK?

The government wants to create a smoke-free generation, and restrict the sale and marketing of vapes.

Assisted dying bill about right to choose - minister

Labour’s cabinet remains divided on how to vote on Friday’s bill to legalise assisted dying.

Can RFK Jr make America's diet healthy again?

Kennedy's plans to ban dyes in cereals and fluoride in water could get major pushback from the food industry.

What is methanol and how does it affect the body?

Travellers are being warned of the dangers after six tourists in Laos died from methanol poisoning.

Contraceptive pills recalled in South Africa after mix-up

A faulty batch of Yaz Plus means some packs contain only four active pills rendering them ineffective.

NHS hours from PPE running out in Covid - Hancock

Former health secretary tells inquiry some healthcare settings did run out - "and it was awful".

Women plan UK legal action over talc cancer claims

Hundreds of women in the UK are taking legal action against Johnson and Johnson.

Trump picks vaccine sceptic RFK Jr for health secretary

Robert F Kennedy Jr has a history of spreading health information scientists say is false.