MANILA, Philippines โ€“ Canada recorded 16,499 deaths through its Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) program in 2024, the highest annual total since the country legalized euthanasia in 2016. The latest federal report has reignited debate over the countryโ€™s rapidly expanding assisted-dying regime, with disability rights groups warning that vulnerable citizensContinue Reading

MANILA, Philippines โ€“ Long before COVID-19 reshaped global health systems, tuberculosis (TB) was already the planetโ€™s most lethal infectious disease. The ancient respiratory illness โ€” traced as far back as 9,000 years โ€” devastated Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries and continues to kill millions despite being both treatableContinue Reading