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Delaware’s assisted suicide bill signed into law, making it the 11th state with such a statute

Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer, a Democrat, signed a bill Tuesday legalizing physician-assisted suicide for certain terminally ill patients, arguing that the measure is about “compassion, dignity, and respect for personal choice.” The End-of-Life Options Act, which takes effect next year, allows mentally capable adults who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness and given six…

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Biden’s ‘last known’ prostate cancer screening was over a decade ago, as questions mount over diagnosis

President Joe Biden’s last known prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test was in 2014, as questions rise about how much his cancer has spread and why it wasn’t caught earlier.  “President Biden’s last known PSA was in 2014. Prior to Friday, President Biden had never been diagnosed with prostate cancer,” a Biden spokesperson told Fox News.  The…

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Trump FDA overhauls COVID-19 vaccine approval to focus on older populations, high-risk individuals

The Food and Drug Administration is shifting its annual COVID-19 vaccine approval policies to focus on Americans older than age 65 and other “high-risk” individuals, while increasing the standard of evidence to approve COVID vaccines for low-risk individuals.  “The FDA will approve vaccines for high-risk persons and, at the same time, demand robust, gold-standard data…

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