CHICAGO — Executions by lethal injection involve a common medical procedure and government-approved medications — used for non-medical purposes. That’s one reason why the American Medical Association ...

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama plans to execute an inmate on Thursday for the 2001 beating death of a woman as the state seeks to carry out its first lethal injection after a pause in executions ...

Injections are two-and-a-half times safer when nurses use revamped guidelines. The UK's National Health Service (NHS) is changing the way it writes its guidelines for giving injections in hospitals, ...

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