The New York Times

When the Death Certificate Omits the True Cause of Death

Having accurate death records saves lives. By Jane E. Brody A combination of journalistic curiosity and advancing years prompts me to read obituaries regularly. I routinely check for ages and causes ...
Los Angeles Times

The accuracy of death certificates has never been more important

A death certificate is a final marker in someone’s life — an official accounting of the end. The legal forms are used by families to settle estates and by public health officials to assess whether the ...
USA Today

Uncounted: Inaccurate death certificates across the country hide the true toll of COVID-19

In late January, the official death toll from COVID-19 in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, stood at 210. At a makeshift memorial at an Episcopal church, friends and relatives planted small white flags ...
JD Supra

Cause of Death on Death Certificates: Not a Legal Conclusion

Trial lawyers in personal injury cases frequently see death certificates within the (sometimes) voluminous pages of medical records at issue. The death certificate may be critical in a lawsuit for ...
Columbia Daily Tribune

Uncounted: Inaccurate death certificates across the country hide the true toll of COVID-19

This story was reported by: Dillon Bergin, Betsy Ladyzhets, Jake Kincaid and Derek Kravitz of the Brown Institute for Media Innovation and MuckRock’s Documenting COVID-19 project; Rudi Keller of The ...