Past Contest Entries

What Killed Baby Lucas?

A prominent hospital diagnoses two children with shaken-baby syndrome. In both cases, a team of physicians and attorneys comes to the aid of the parents who are suspected in the deaths, convinced that there is a medical explanation. The team members do NOT ascribe to the minority viewpoint that there is no such thing as shaken-baby syndrome. But the article examines their contention that at least some of these cases are not what they seem.

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Place:

No Award

Year:

  • 2007

Category:

  • Large Newspapers (over 250,000 circ.) & wire services

Affiliation:

Philadelphia Inquirer

Reporter:

Tom Avril

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