Who gets counted as a COVID-19 death has been questioned for months, with no formal definition in place nationwide as officials adapt to a new disease’s destructive impact. Conspiracy theories have ...

The definition of death is surprisingly slippery. Before the 1950s someone was usually considered dead if their heart had stopped pumping and they’d ceased to breathe on their own. But in 1968, a ...

Our definition of death is changing. Until the concept of brain death was realised in the 20th century, death was primarily presumed upon the absence of a pulse and breathing. Prior methods for ...

After surveying the views expressed by 41 advocacy, medical, and transplant-focused organizations on the Uniform Determination of Death Act, a brain injury expert is calling for much-needed reforms to ...

BOSTON (CBS) – The number of people who have died from COVID-19 in Massachusetts will decrease by 3,700 after the state adjusted its definition of what classifies as a death caused by the disease.