Congress passes bill to fight AIDS

California's assembly passes physician assisted dying bill.

California looks set to permit physician assisted dying next year after its state assembly passed the End of Life Option Act by 43 votes to 34 on 9 September. The legislation is closely modeled on the Oregon law that has permitted terminally ill patients to end their life in that state since 1997. Only patients who file two written requests and have less than six months to live can avail themse...

Congress Considers Bill to Split Ninth Circuit

Congress Acts Tonight On Summer Term Bill

Some 900 students paused Monday to pay tribute to “Sun­ shine,” who died that morning. ‘Sunshine” was a two-month old turtle. A funeral'procession of 15 cars, led by an 8-foot casket containing Sunshine’s body, wound its way through campus and stopped to hold a rally for the deceased. At the rally, 2S0 heard of Sun­ shine’s record of accomplish-, ments. The procession then moved on. ' Burial to...

The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM).

PEPFAR and the fight against HIV/AIDS.