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September 22, 2023March 4, 2024

2023 update on xylazine, a not-so-new drug of abuse

The Chester County Coroner’s office recently hosted a 2023 update on xylazine for law enforcement, first responders, emergency medical providers, and medicolegal death investigators. DEA and FBI agents, Penn Medicine and Cooper University Hospital experts, forensic toxicologist Dr. Sherry Kacinko from NMS Labs, and deputies from Chester County Drug and Alcohol Services and Coroner’s Office…

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August 26, 2023April 28, 2024

Heat-related deaths

Hundreds, probably thousands, are dying heat-related deaths in 2023. Doctors and death investigators can do more to document deaths caused by this silent invisible killer.

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July 20, 2023September 6, 2024

Unclaimed body donation to science

Unclaimed body donation to science was once the primary source of cadavers for medical study. Despite increasing numbers of unclaimed bodies, that’s no longer the case.

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Christina VandePol is a writer, physician, and former coroner. She has authored articles on medicolegal death investigation and its intersection with public health, medicine, and justice.

Recent Posts

  • Interpreting Postmortem Toxicology Reports
  • Death and Politics: Electing Qualified Coroners
  • A Coroner’s Posts on COVID-19 in April 2020
  • Private Autopsies in 2025
  • DMORT: Past, Present, Future

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