Forensic pathologists, or medical examiners, are specially trained physicians who examine the bodies of people who died suddenly, unexpectedly, or violently. A forensic pathology practitioner will ...

Forensic pathologists also contribute to accurate public health vital statistics, which are required for the tracking of disease and the allocation of government funds. They work mostly behind the ...

Most scientists and doctors in the coronavirus crisis are working to save the living. Those in the field of forensic pathology, however, focus on the dead. Ahmad Samarji, a Lebanon-based scholar of ...

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.

Determining the cause of death is one of the most crucial and challenging parts of a forensic investigation. Knowing the medical history of the decedent can make this task significantly easier and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wayne Country Chief medical Examiner Werner Spitz calls intense cross-examination "What you work for. It's a battle of the minds." ...

This National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine study will examine the handing of deaths in custody by the medicolegal death investigation system in the United States. It will consider ...

CNN’s Isa Soares spoke to a Venezuelan forensic pathologist, who told her the situation at the morgue she has been working in ...

It’s day one of the Forensic DNA Symposium, recently held in Cape Town as Professor Ryan Blumenthal, relates anecdotes on his life as senior specialist forensic pathologist at the University of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Following a recent News 8 report detailing a family given remains of a loved one thought to be their ...

Excerpted from an article that originally appeared in San Francisco magazine. Reprinted with permission. Bennet Omalu is not a man who seeks out controversy. He's been known to flee it, in fact. But ...