Maybe you were one of the 11.7 million people who watched when, on House M.D., the genius diagnostician Gregory House is roused in the middle of the night by a pounding at the door. A man he just gave ...

Samuel Ashworth’s “The Death and Life of August Sweeney” is a novel concerned with viscera and the flesh. It begins with Sweeney — a gargantuan chef, of considerable appetites — discovering the source ...

The death of a star casts a long shadow, captivating millions. Yet, beneath the public mourning often lies a far grittier reality. Autopsies, designed to reveal the cause of death, frequently expose ...

The very public sharing of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa’s health details raises ethical questions over privacy. Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been following news of the deaths of actor Gene ...

It was June 6th, 1968, and Robert F. Kennedy, the leading contender to become the Democratic presidential nominee, had just been assassinated in Los Angeles. Dr. Thomas Noguchi, the city’s chief ...

The Orleans Parish coroner started moving bodies to LSU Wednesday for autopsies after a broken air conditioner forced a temporary halt on autopsies. WELL, DEVELOPING NEWS AS LINGERING AIR CONDITIONING ...