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 ...

The crisis in Maryland was indicative of a widespread but little-known aspect of the worsening problem of physician shortages. Roughly 750 forensic pathologists are working full-time in the U.S., but ...

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 ...

Feb. 18—This story was corrected on February 18. 2021, to clarify that the Virginia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is not currently experiencing delays in processing cases and that it was 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 ...

As Lawrence County prepares for the eventual retirement and unlikely replacement of Dr. Donald Habbe, forensic pathologist at ...

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.

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 ...

The Austalian 'Doctor Death' has unveiled the most gruesome ways to die after decades of delving into the dark and morbid. Forensic pathologist Roger Byard has probed hundreds of deaths, from victims ...