Sales of the overdose reversal medication naloxone increased after it was made available to the public without a prescription but then dipped quickly in the period following debut of over-the-counter sales, according to a new study.
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A recent study shows that poverty and financial struggles increase the risk of violence in couple relationships.
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Police in one of the most affluent counties in Maryland have not only solved the department’s oldest cold case homicide, but also reunited the victim’s surviving adult children who were unaware of what had happened to their mother and each other.
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St. Joseph County Police, the Coroner’s Office, and other agencies will exhume the remains of this man—known only as the “Howard Johnson John Doe”—from Tutt Cemetery in an attempt to give him his name back.
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A forensic dentist and University of the Philippines Manila graduate, Dr. Ernest Joie Guzman confirmed that around 54% of bodies were identified relatively quickly using dental information, not DNA.
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Othram successfully built a comprehensive DNA profile for the newborn, and the investigation led to the positive identification of the mother of the baby, who is now known to be Misty Marie Mitchell.
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Forensic work conducted as part of the Ventura County Sexual Assault Kit Initiative has led to the indictment of a suspect in four previously unsolved sexual assault cases in Phoenix, Arizona.
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The majority of forensic labs have now turned to probabilistic genotyping software programs that use mathematical models to deconvolute DNA mixtures.
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Twenty-four years ago, I was part of a team that responded to the attacks on the World Trade Center. I’m starting to realize it is important for others to understand both the horrors and the heroism that occurred on that unseasonably warm fall morning.
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A recent arrest in La Salle County, Texas, underscores how advances in DNA testing and steadfast investigative work can help bring answers and a chance at justice—no matter how much time has passed.
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