In Folta v. Ferro Engineering , Ill.S.Ct. Docket No. 118070, Nov. 4, 2015, the Illinois Supreme Court reversed an Illinois Appellate Court decision and held that a personal injury and subsequent wrongful death suit brought on behalf of a former employe…
Nevada State Health Department emails show its high-ranking officials purposefully downplayed scientific asbestos research on the I-11 bypass project.
A Philadelphia jury has awarded a deceased factory worker and his wife $1.7 million, in what one litigator said may be the first asbestos case tried against an employer. The jury in Busbey v.
British workers are not being protected from occupational diseases and deaths, argues an expert in The BMJ this week.
British workers are not being protected from occupational diseases and deaths, argues an expert in The BMJ this week.
The family of a former machinist is appealing to her former workmates for help in her asbestos investigation following her dearth from mesothelioma – a cancer of the lining of the lung caused by exposure to asbestos dust and fibres Ethel Morris, from I…
Recently, the FDA approved Merck immunotherapy drug Keytruda for treatment in non-small cell lung cancer and is bringing hope to mesothelioma patients.
CHICAGO : Valerie W. Rusch, MD, FACS, New York City, was elected Chair of the Board of Regents of the American College of Surgeons during the College’s annual Clinical Congress, held in Chicago, last month. A thoracic surgeon, Dr. Rusch is the vice-cha…
Florida Hospital Celebration Health surgeon Dr. Farid Gharagozloo says CT screening may cut annual lung cancer deaths by two-thirds.
EPA Home A Science Inventory A Quantitative structure – mesothelioma Potency Model Optimization for Complex Mixtures of Elongated Particles in Rat Pleura Cook, P., J. Swintek, T. Dawson, D. Chapman, M. Etterson, AND D. Hoff. Quantitative structure – me…
The U.S. never protected America’s servicemen from deadly asbestos during wartime, and now a broken VA system has abandoned veterans dying of mesothelioma.
Calithera Biosciences, Inc. , a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on the development of novel cancer therapeutics, today will announce new clinical data from the solid tumor expansion cohorts of its lead anti-cancer therapeutic candidate, CB…
Raymond Gerald Sheward, 75, was exposed to asbestos during the course of his working life and, as a result, developed mesothelioma.
Five public interest groups look to the House Cybersecurity Caucus to help oppose the FACT Act bill.
New research may give doctors more tools to treat COPD, keep it from getting worse, or prevent it in people who are at risk, like smokers, says Albert Rizzo, MD, chief of pulmonary and critical care medicine at Christiana Care Health System in Wilmingt…