State and local agencies across New York train law enforcement officers on a condition that much of the medical establishment has disavowed as unscientific and a catalyst for police violence, newly ...

The American College of Emergency Physicians has withdrawn a white paper from 2009 on “excited delirium,” saying the term should not be used in civil or criminal cases. The controversial medical term ...

Is excited delirium a bizzare fatal syndrome first discovered in Miami? Or is it junk science used to cover up deaths caused by police abuse? That's the question at the heart of this week's New Times ...

A leading group of medical experts says the term “excited delirium” should not be listed as a cause of death. Critics have said the term has been used to justify excessive force by police. The ...

BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Two paramedics on trial over the 2019 death of Elijah McClain told investigators in videotaped interviews previously unseen by the public that the 23-year-old Black man had ” ...

Most major medical societies, including the American Medical Association and the American Psychiatric Association, don’t recognize excited delirium as a medical condition. This year, the National ...

It sometimes feels that the line between misinformation and fact has never been blurrier. Our federal government is recently back in the business of pedaling reckless and dangerous conspiracy theories ...

DECATUR, Ala. (WAFF) - Decatur police have released new details telling their side of the story in a controversial arrest that led to one man being hospitalized. Decatur Interim Police Chief Nadis ...

The condition, known as excited delirium syndrome, is said to turn people into erratic, super-strong aggressors and can supposedly lead to cardiac arrest. It dates to largely debunked research from ...