The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate among developed countries. All death investigators and certifiers should understand the importance of the pregnancy checkbox on the death certificate.
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Death in Custody
Deaths in custody are under-reported and coroners and medical examiners can do something about it.
Heat-Related Deaths
The Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (more on that later) was in moderate to high territory recently, so it’s time to write about heat-related deaths. Extreme weather is having extreme health effects. I just read Fernanda Santos’s opinion piece about downtown Phoenix, AZ where people are sleeping in tents on “now-hellish streets” with air temps over…