Nurse Convicted in Patient’s Death Turns Fatal Drug Error Into a Cautionary Tale
LISTEN: After a guilty verdict for negligent homicide, a former nurse has found receptive audiences on the speaking circuit. She says she hopes her story...
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Science news this week: Laotian ‘death jar’, climate change threatens rice crops, and an asthma drug treats tough cancer
This week’s science news was filled with unearthed mysteries from ancient tombs, including the discovery of the possible true purpose of hundreds of stone jars...
Scientists discover deadly, highly venomous box jellyfish near Singapore’s ‘Island of Death Behind’
Scientists have described a new species of highly venomous box jellyfish based on specimens that were lurking near a Singaporean island formerly known as Pulau...
1,200-year-old giant ‘death jar’ in Laos contains generations of human skeletons
Archaeologists excavating an unusual “death jar” in Laos have discovered that it was used to collect the partly decomposed remains of multiple generations of people...
Decade of death: With 18K lives lost, B.C. counts cost of 10-year drug emergency
Brandon Jansen’s mother says he was a warm and inviting “health nut” who enjoyed time at the gym. He was also known for taking people...
After Man’s Death Following Insurance Denials, West Virginia Tackles Prior Authorization
Eric Tennant with his wife, Becky, and daughter, Amiya.(Becky Tennant) Six months after a West Virginia man died following a protracted battle with his health...
Live Science Today: Jensen Huang AGI claim and major leap to reanimation after death
Today’s top story Nvidia’s Jensen Huang has claimed that humanity has already achieved AGI, but others are less than convinced. (Image credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg...
Risk of death from pregnancy in the US is 44 times higher than that from abortion, new analysis reveals
A figure commonly cited to compare the risks of pregnancy and abortion in the U.S. could be grossly underestimating the risk of death from pregnancy,...