There has been a sharp increase of U.S. lawsuits alleging Monsanto’s weed killers such as Roundup and Ranger Pro brands are causing cancer. The increase comes after August 10, 2018, when a San Francisco jury awarded $289 million in a landmark case claiming that Roundup…
For many survivors of Catholic priest sexual abuse, it has been a tortuously long wait but finally it seems the Catholic Church in Pennsylvania is going to do something for them. The Archdiocese of Philadelphia along with the Dioceses of Allentown, Harrisburg, Greensburg and Scranton…
Yet again, safety concerns over Uber have arisen—this time the rideshare company has filed an application with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to continue testing self-driving vehicles on public roads. This is the first such request since March 2018 death of a pedestrian who was…
The Food and Drug Administration has announced a recall for the blood pressure drug Irbestaran, after discovering the drug may contain a N-Nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA). The chemical is a known carcinogen that is used as a stabilizer in gasoline and rocket fuel. NDEA is also a byproduct…
The past Sunday, journalists from the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Boston Globe published a collaborative piece concerning the US Catholic bishops’ response to the sexual abuse crisis roiling the Catholic Church since the 2002 meeting in Dallas where they proposed the Dallas Charter, the blueprint…
Question One on the ballot in Massachusetts ballot has been highly controversial in the weeks leading up to the midterm election due to the impact it could have on the state’s healthcare system. If approved, Question One will establish a nurse-to-patient ratio requirement in hospitals—meaning…
On October 29, 2018, Copeley Johnson & Groninger PLLC filed a civil complaint against Massage Envy – both its franchise corporation and a local franchise – on behalf of two separate victims of sexual abuse by a massage therapist at the Massage Envy facility in…
For decades, brain cooling has been used as a method to reduce brain inflammation and damage in patients who sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, it has also been considered a controversial treatment within the medical community. Although there have been multiple prior studies…
Despite a decrease in overall traffic fatalities between 2016 and 2017, pedestrian deaths in Nevada have reached an all-time high. While in 2016, less than 24 percent of the fatalities were pedestrians, that number jumped up to nearly 33 percent just one year later. Today,…
A Kaiser Health Tracking poll recently revealed that, of adults ages 18-64 with health insurance, 40 percent have received an unexpected medical bill in the past year—ten percent of these consisted of a surprise bill from an out-of-network provider. These surprise bills, or balance bills,…
The 1950s was the golden age of plastics and polypropylene (PP) was used extensively in consumer products, including automotive components, carpets, clothing and structural foam. In the 1960s, the polymer plastic used in surgical mesh switched to polypropylene (PP), developed by Phillips Petroleum.
Volunteer work is designed to benefit a particular community or area. However, as research has shown the benefits go well beyond the projects and people that are outwardly being helped. The act of performing community service has both emotional and psychological benefits for the people…
