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Responding to a ProPublica investigation into the “lung float test,” which some have likened to a witch trial, lawyers and medical professionals will work to determine whether the test should be used in court.
The 'lung float' test claims to help determine if a baby was born alive or dead, but many medical examiners say it’s too unreliable.
The U.S. has not prioritized stillbirth prevention, and American parents are losing babies even as other countries make larger strides to reduce deaths late in pregnancy.Inside the medical examiner’s office, two pathologists removed a baby’s lungs from his chest, clamped them together and placed the...
The “lung float” test claims to help determine if a baby was born alive or dead, but many medical examiners say it’s too unreliable. Yet the test is still being used to bring murder charges — and get convictions.
A Columbia woman was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison for murdering her own baby.