Coroners' and medical examiners' offices across Ohio, like many other states across the country, are struggling with finding and keeping forensic pathologists — doctors who perform autopsies — amid a ...

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.

"A lot of people envision us in dimly lit, creepy mortuaries" - a forensic pathologist in Christchurch says many people have ...

Wayne Country Chief medical Examiner Werner Spitz calls intense cross-examination "What you work for. It's a battle of the minds." World-renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Werner Spitz, who made his ...

Across the country, a quiet but growing concern is continuing in the field of forensic pathology. As the demand for death investigations is high, the number of trained professionals available to do ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — After crews pulled a body from Lady Bird Lake Monday afternoon, now the investigative work really begins. Around 1:31 p.m. Monday, officers responded for a check welfare urgent call in ...

Cape Town has consistently been one of the metropolitan regions in South Africa with the highest murder rates. It has more ...

Summit County’s medical examiner is concerned about a shortage of forensic pathologists to work as medical examiners. A job posting for a deputy medical examiner has been up for nearly a year, with no ...