Monday, December 30, 2024

ProPublica Journalist Pamela Colloff, shows us how 'Shaken Baby Syndrome' has found new life as Abusive Head Trauma (as if that will change its status as 'junk science) - while she exposes the plight of a family which is fighting their son's diagnosis - in a commentary co-published with The New York Times Magazine, on December 29, 2024…. Reporting highlights: "Wrongful Accusations: Parents are being charged with abusive head trauma, a newer name for shaken baby syndrome, as mounting exonerations and new science raise questions about the diagnosis. Findings of Abuse: Child abuse pediatricians defend their diagnostic process, saying they do rigorous examinations to rule out other possibilities before they make a determination of abuse. Parents Left Vulnerable: Critics argue that the name change helped preserve a flawed diagnosis, leaving parents vulnerable to criminal charges and child welfare investigations."

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PASSAGE OF THE DAY:  " Fifteen years later, the diagnosis is still shaping criminal prosecutions and child welfare investigations. Chil...

Ellen Greenberg: Philadelphia: The Daily Mail (Reporter Joe Hutchinson) reports a judge's bombshell response to the 'suicide' death of teacher Ellen Greenberg from TWENTY stab wounds, noting that: "Ellen Greenberg, 27, was found dead on the kitchen floor of her apartment in Philadelphia in the middle of a blizzard on January 26, 2011. She had 10 stab wounds to her neck and the back of the head, and 10 to her stomach, abdomen and chest - with a 10-inch knife still plunged into her heart. Assistant Philadelphia Medical Examiner Marlon Osbourne initially ruled her death a homicide, but changed it to suicide after a meeting with police and prosecutors."

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PASSAGE OF THE DAY: " Earlier this month, a judge told her parents Josh and Sandee Greenberg that the decision to switch the ruling baf...