After years of litigation, the FDA on Thursday issued a ban on Electrical Stimulation Devices (ESDs) — devices that were used to issue electrical shocks to the wearer in the hopes of changing behavior ...

An animal welfare charity has called for the use of electric shock collars on dogs and cats to be banned on the Isle of Man.

Round two: The FDA is going back to battle with a Massachusetts school over a controversial electrical shock device. This week, the federal agency proposed a new ban on “electrical stimulation devices ...

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Federal regulators are taking a second stab at banning the controversial use of electroshock devices to manage the behavior of patients with intellectual and developmental disorders. The devices ...

In hopes of getting the help she needed, a Massachusetts woman was sent to the Judge Rotenberg Center — known for using electric shock devices — to finish high school. Instead, Krista Cormier left ...

With the White House set to change hands, nearly 200 advocacy groups are calling on the Food and Drug Administration to finalize a ban on the use of devices that administer electric shocks to address ...

As a teenager, Jennifer Msumba had “very strong self-harm behaviors,” including putting her head through windows. Hoping to get her help, her parents sent her to a center in Massachusetts, where she ...