Toxicology

The southern U.S. state of Alabama on Thursday put to death a convicted murderer using nitrogen gas, the first time the controversial method decried by human rights advocates has been used in the country.

Kenneth Eugene Smith was pronounced dead at 8:25 pm (0225 GMT Friday), according to the state attorney general.

It took six years after the harsh winter that had enveloped the summer-style tents with snow in the Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesvos for compensation to be awarded to the relatives of a Syrian and an Egyptian man who died from carbon monoxide inhalation as they tried to keep warm with makeshift stoves. 

We asked a medical toxicologist and her answer surprised us

In the study researchers conducted toxicological analysis of two individuals aged six or seven

Three ambulance teams went out on the field, which transported the minors, all unconscious, to the toxicology of the Military Medical Academy (VMA). According to the media, the children were released home this morning after a complete medical check-up.

Bucharest, Feb 14 /Agerpres/ - Romania ranks high among European Union countries in terms of vaccination campaign, shows the Facebook page of the information Platform on vaccination against COVID-19. As many as 21,120,988 doses of vaccine were administered in EU member states, according to Bloomberg estimates, with a daily average of 656,227.

Russia has said it has seen no evidence he was poisoned and has denied any involvement in the incident

Four people were found dead in a room adjoining a livestock farming unit in the town of Kalyvia, east Attica, on Friday afternoon, news website Skai.gr reported.

Nearly two years after an Egyptian migrant died at the Moria reception and identification center on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos, his family has filed a lawsuit against Greek authorities over his death, saying it was caused by the negligence of responsible officials.

On September 7, 1978, the Bulgarian journalist, playwright and dissident from the regime of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, Georgi Markov, was poisoned with a ricin-filled pellet shot from a modified umbrella while crossing Waterloo Bridge in London. Four days later, he died.