Death investigation in Maui County, Hawaii is managed by the police, and the chief of police is the coroner. In 2015, I interviewed for a job there: an open position for a forensic pathologist to ...

As he moves through museums, churches, shrines and display cases, forensic pathologist and archaeologist Philippe Charlier cannot help cataloguing the great figures of history before him: “He is my ...

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 ...

"While that is part of our role, the scope of forensic pathology goes far beyond autopsy examinations," Dr. Folkerth continued. "In addition to performing the final diagnostic evaluation of a person ...

Imagine someone taking an automobile to a mechanic for a repair. The mechanic asks, “What’s the problem?” The customer replies, “I’d rather not say. Just take it apart, and tell me what you find.” ...

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 ...

For many people, forensic pathology seems forbidding and dark. It deals intimately with death, crime, and disaster and is most often represented through the artifice of television shows and movies.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr. Werner Spitz spent a lifetime chasing death — and, this week, finally caught up to it. By any measure, Spitz had lived a long ...

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.

Forensic pathologist John Feczko testified in Porter Superior Court Wednesday morning that Derek Hartz, 35, of Hobart, was alive for all 28 injuries that contributed to his murder near a public access ...

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The Jefferson County Coroner/Medical Examiner Office provides death investigation for Jefferson County, Alabama, including Birmingham, the state’s largest city. The pathologists in the office are full ...