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"One of the country's leading forensic pathologists is criticizing research that suggests parents may be wrongly convicted of drug-related assault. He believes it is unbalanced and professionally weak."

www.nrk.no/trondelag/sl...

Same forensic pathologist:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Slakter ny rapport om filleristing: – Jeg er rystet
En av landets ledende rettsmedisinere kritiserer forskningen som peker på at foreldre kan være feilaktig dømt for filleristing. Han mener den er ubalansert og faglig svak.
www.nrk.no
November 3, 2025 at 5:54 AM
"We have started a research project, the purpose of which is to review the medical basis for sentences in such criminal cases in Norwegian courts" - this is the result:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

and feedback on pubpeer:
pubpeer.com/publications...
<em>Acta Paediatrica</em> | Paediatrics Journal | Wiley Online Library
Aim The criteria for diagnosing abusive head trauma (AHT) are not well defined and this condition might be diagnosed on failing premises. Our aim was to review criminal AHT cases in Norwegian courts.....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Ulf Hogberg co-wrote 2015 article with Peter Aspelin, published in egyptian journal proposing new ranking scale for articles on AHT/SBS used in Sweden SBU paper. Failed to declare conflict of interest - Aspelin's son being charged in a case of SBS/AHT.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Circularity bias in abusive head trauma studies could be diminished with a new ranking scale
Causality in abusive head trauma has never been fully established and hence no gold standard exists for the diagnosis. Implications hereof include bia…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:14 AM
There are 3 medical experts from Sweden/Norway.

* Anders Eriksson - forensic pathologist - author of Sweden SBU report

* Ulf Högberg, professor emeritus in obstetrics and gynecology - no background in forensics

* Knut Wester - paediatric neurosurgeon - no background in forensics
November 3, 2025 at 5:14 AM
If you want to read the decision of the court of appeal

The details in the age article of the majority view and the minority view of this case don't match up to the details here:

jade.io/article/932930
November 3, 2025 at 5:14 AM
This is the article that I read that links to other articles relevant to the issue

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Shaken baby syndrome is real - Pediatric Radiology
Pediatric Radiology -
link.springer.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Peter Aspelin is the former head of Sweden's SBU, he is also the father of Kristian Aspelin.
adikia.fr/2018/01/disc...
Adikia: "We are more than a hundred parents wrongly accused of abusing our own children as a result of misdiagnosis"
Discours de Peter Aspelin - Association Adikia
Peter Aspelin est un médecin suédois et un professeur de radiologie à l'Institut Karolinska à Stockholm (« l'un des centres de recherche médicale les plus réputés d'Europe et du monde [qui] décerne to...
adikia.fr
November 3, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Oct 2014 - Anders Eriksson & Peter Aspelin, testify in an SBS appeal "Both physicians told the court that the SBU, concerned about the reliability of a shaking diagnosis, has now launched a systematic study of the literature regarding infant shaking"

centerforhealthjournalism.org/our-work/ins...
Sweden takes a second look at shaken baby syndrome
A recent decision from Sweden’s  Supreme Court is changing the landscape for Swedish citizens fighting misguided accusations of infant shaking.
centerforhealthjournalism.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I found this article about a case of shaken baby syndrome from the United States - the man's name is Kristian Aspelin, one of the experts that he's hired is Patrick Barnes:

www.npr.org/2012/12/21/1...
Dismissed Case Raises Questions On Shaken Baby Diagnosis
Kristian Aspelin had one thing in his favor: enough money to pay for medical experts. The experts were able to convince prosecutors that his infant son's death was an accident.
www.npr.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Great news - fact checkers and debunkers like you are very much needed in a post truth world.
January 25, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Maria Van Kerkhove and Mike Ryan said in a Q&A that they couldn't determine primary mode of transmission because they don't know what the infectious dose is. Lisa Richie considers aerosols to be below 5 um, this is an article that explains why:

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
How did we get here: what are droplets and aerosols and how far do they go? A historical perspective on the transmission of respiratory infectious diseases | Interface Focus
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed major gaps in our understanding of the transmission of viruses through the air. These gaps slowed recognition of airborne transmission of the disease, contributed to ...
royalsocietypublishing.org
January 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
This episode of TWIV includes an interview with the deputy head of virology at Institut Pasteur du Cambodge in cambodia - talks about H5N1 and how it spreads in Cambodia.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=obt6...
TWiV 1177 Going to school for flu
YouTube video by MicrobeTV
www.youtube.com
January 13, 2025 at 12:52 AM
This is a narrative review from scientists in China - www.journalofinfection.com/article/S016.... I work in I.T. - so don't have the skillset to be able to assess, but thought you might be interested.
Global resurgence of pertussis: A perspective from China
Pertussis (or whooping cough) is a highly infectious acute respiratory disease primarily caused by Bordetella pertussis, which is also one of the most important causes of infant death worldwide. The w...
www.journalofinfection.com
November 22, 2024 at 12:03 AM
I follow you on twitter but don't want to use that anymore so switched to following you here
November 12, 2024 at 5:42 PM