Category: DEATH

FDA Classifies Recall of Getinge’s Heart Devices as Most Serious

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday classified the recall of Swedish medical equipment maker Getinge’s heart devices as its most serious type since their use could lead to death. Datascope, a unit of Getinge, had recalled 4,454 therapeutic devices in December following a death and four serious injuries from their use. The devices…


China’s Funeral Parlors, Suppliers Crushed by Demand Amid COVID Death Surge

Never has the winter felt so suffocating for Zou, who counted about 20 deaths among his social circles amid the massive COVID wave that’s gripping China. Memorial tents, indicating households that have lost family members, are visible on every street in his hometown, in the historic city of Yueyang in southern China’s mountainous Hunan Province…


LIVE NOW: News Conference on Man Killed After Traffic Stop in Memphis

A civil rights lawyer holds a news conference at 2:30 p.m. ET on Jan. 23 on the case of five Memphis police officers who have been fired for being involved in a traffic stop that resulted in the death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old man. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


News Conference on Man Killed After Traffic Stop in Memphis

A civil rights lawyer holds a news conference at 2:30 p.m. ET on Jan. 23 on the case of five Memphis police officers who have been fired for being involved in a traffic stop that resulted in the death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old man. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


Coroner Says Actor Leslie Jordan Died of Natural Causes

LOS ANGELES—Leslie Jordan, the actor whose wry Southern drawl and versatility made him a standout on TV series including “Will & Grace” and “American Horror Story,” died from natural causes and not from a car accident last year, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office has concluded. The 67-year-old actor died of sudden cardiac dysfunction due…


Second Peak of Chinese COVID Outbreak Predicted in May or June: Epidemiologist

China’s current COVID-19 outbreak is expected to reach a second peak in the coming months, according to Chinese epidemiologists. The first wave continues to engulf the country, killing large numbers of veteran Communist Party cadres and celebrities in various sectors and overwhelming China’s medical system. The peak date for the second wave of intensive infections will…


Mom ‘Livid’ After Key Figure in Teen’s Death Gets Parole

DETROIT—A man who told police that he placed a teenager’s body in a trash bin, a disclosure that led to an extraordinary but unsuccessful search of a suburban Detroit landfill, has been released from prison after less than a year. “I’m livid. I’m absolutely livid,” said Cierra Milton, the mother of Zion Foster of Eastpointe,…


Mother ‘Livid’ After Key Figure in Teen’s Death Gets Parole

DETROIT—A man who told police that he placed a teenager’s body in a trash bin, a disclosure that led to an extraordinary but unsuccessful search of a suburban Detroit landfill, has been released from prison after less than a year. “I’m livid. I’m absolutely livid,” said Cierra Milton, the mother of Zion Foster of Eastpointe,…


Disturbing Video Shows Last Moments of Patient’s Life After Mask Dispute at Toronto Hospital

A disturbing video of an altercation between two hospital security guards and Stephanie Warriner—a patient who lost consciousness and never woke up after the interaction over her mask being pulled down under her chin—has been published by various media outlets. On Jan. 12, CTV News Toronto released new video footage showing 43-year Warriner being confronted…


Suspects in Rapper XXXTentacion’s Death About to Face Trial

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—More than four years after gunmen killed rapper XXXTentacion during a robbery outside a South Florida motorcycle shop, three suspects are now scheduled to go on trial. Shooting suspect Michael Boatwright, 28, and his accused accomplices, Dedrick Williams, 26, and Trayvon Newsome, 24, could all receive life sentences if convicted of first-degree murder….