Jefferson County, Alabama reported nearly 500 overdose deaths in 2023. More than 400 of these were due to opioids, a class of prescription medication used for their pain relief properties. Opioids ...

Dr. Werner Spitz, former chief medical examiner for Macomb and Wayne counties — who not only provided answers to grieving families locally but was a forensic expert sought to testify on some of the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner Thomas Gilson has struggled to retain a full team of forensic pathologists to handle the county’s rising autopsy load, but he’s far from alone.

The United States is experiencing a shortage of medical examiners. Like everything else, this ongoing problem has only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to the pandemic, the opioid ...

Dr. Werner Spitz, a pathologist whose accounts of the traumatic last moments in some of the most sensational American deaths of the past 60 years figured in cases involving President John F. Kennedy, ...

Every day in America nearly seven thousand people die. That’s about two and a half million deaths per year. When a death is violent, unexpected, medically unattended, or suspicious – which occurs in ...

SAN ANTONIO — Dr. Vincent Di Maio, a world-renowned San Antonio forensic pathologist who saw a suspicious pattern in a spate of infant deaths at a local hospital and pushed for an investigation that ...

They specialize in determining the causes of sudden, unexpected or violent deaths. But according to the National Academy of Sciences, the U.S. is facing a critical shortage of these professionals.

This strategic move addresses the increasing need for independent medical examinations and specialized forensic ...

Forensic pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd brings his live show to Ringwood, revealing insights from UK high-profile cases like ...