PHILADELPHIA — For two decades, car-crash victim Rom Houben lay paralyzed and voiceless in what his doctors thought was a vegetative state. He appeared to be awake, but showed no signs of awareness.

As of mid-May 2024, Kate Middleton had been in a vegetative state for months and funeral arrangements were being made for her. On May 12, 2024, an X user claimed funeral arrangements were being made ...

Michael Schumacher has been in a medically induced coma since hitting his head while skiing on December 29, and his condition is not improving. Reports from Mirror in the UK have doctors saying that ...

BRUSSELS, Belgium - For 23 torturous years, Rom Houben says he lay trapped in his paralyzed body, aware of what was going on around him but unable to tell anyone or even cry out. The car-crash victim ...

The parents of an Arizona woman in a vegetative state who gave birth released a statement Tuesday that they said sought to counter any misconceptions about their daughter’s condition. The 29-year-old ...

The Delhi High Court appointed a woman as the legal guardian of her husband, who has been lying in a vegetative state.

Fears are growing that F1 legend, Michael Schumacher, could remain in a ‘permanent vegetative state’ even if he wakes up from the coma he is currently in. This ‘Permanent vegetative state’ also known ...

Any "patient in a vegetative state had the right to basic sanitary assistance – food, water and hygiene – and to efforts to prevent health complications caused by immobility," the Pope said March 20.

After suffering a cardiac arrest last month, ex-porn star Emily Willis slipped into a coma and has been in a vegetative state ever since. Her family moved Willis to a celebrity rehab but are preparing ...