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 ...

BOSTON — Vowing to work with families to find alternative therapies, Rep. Danielle Gregoire renewed her decade-long push to ban the use of a controversial electric shock device for people who have ...

A Massachusetts school for individuals with severe behavioral issues and intellectual disabilities can continue to use electric shock devices to stop students from harming themselves and others, a ...

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 ...

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 ...

The FDA is back to square one in its efforts to ban the use of electric shocks to stop aggressive behavior or self-injury, in a process that has spanned decades. The agency previously took the rare ...

NEWSCENTER FIVE. THANK YOU. A PROPOSED BAN OF THE DEVICES THAT ADMINISTER ELECTRIC SHOCKS TO DISABLED STUDENTS AT THE JUDGE ROTENBERG CENTER IN CANTON IS BACK ON TRACK IN CONGRESS. FIVE INVESTIGATES ...

Despite pressure from disability advocates, federal lawmakers are backing off of a proposal to ban devices used to administer electric shocks on people with developmental disabilities. The U.S. House ...

BOSTON — Vowing to work with families to find alternative therapies, state Rep. Danielle Gregoire, D-Marlborough, is renewing her decade-long push to ban the use of a controversial electric shock ...