An electrocution is an event in which a person dies from receiving an electric shock or series of shocks. In 2020, 126 workers were electrocuted. Many people who receive a shock seem unharmed. That ...

The FDA is back to square one in its efforts to ban the use of electric shocks to stop aggressive behavior or self-injury, in a process that has spanned decades. The agency previously took the rare ...

Editor's note: The audio includes the sound of a teenager undergoing electric shock treatment. In the early 2000s, Cheryl McCollins enrolled her son Andre, who has autism and other developmental ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A local tragedy on Smith Mountain Lake serves as a stark reminder of the dangers of Electric Shock Drowning (ESD). The Bedford County Sheriff’s Office reported finding the body ...

The Judge Rotenberg Center, once again the center of national controversy over its use of painful electric shocks to treat intellectually or developmentally disabled patients, is a place of last ...