Exclusive: Before Randall Gamboa Esquivel died, his health had deteriorated badly while he was in ICE custody ...

The family of Randall Gamboa Esquivel, a Costa Rican man who died after being deported in a “vegetative state,” is demanding ...

Scientists have used a portable device that tracks changes in brain waves to communicate with people in a vegetative state, some of whom have been locked in their bodies for more than a year. In a ...

A simple measurement using a device available in every hospital could distinguish brain damaged patients who are likely to “wake up” from those who are not, scientists reported on Thursday. Predicting ...

The disturbing case of an Arizona woman who gave birth despite being in a vegetative state for more than a decade is not the first of its kind, experts told NBC News. The woman, 29, delivered in ...

Belgian researcher proves a paralyzed man was fully conscious with brain scan. Nov. 24, 2009— -- A paralyzed Belgian man who spent the past 23 years incorrectly diagnosed as being in a vegetative ...