Last year, Johnson & Johnson was hit with $197 million in verdicts by three separate juries who ruled that the company failed to warn consumers that their talcum powder products caused cancer in women. Since 2014, surviving women and their families have filed over 2,000 talcum powder lawsuits against the consumer medical goods giant.  It’s a product liability fiasco…

The National Center for Health Statistics, a department within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), states that the number of Emergency Department visits for unintentional injuries that require medical treatment is approximately 31 million across the country each year. Of these 31 million, some 2 million are severe enough to require some form…

A plan for removing the radioactive material at the former Shieldalloy Metallurgical Company site in Newfield, New Jersey has been approved. The Shieldalloy plant manufactured specialty steel and alloy additives, powdered metals, and optical surfacing products until shutting down in the late 1990s and permanently closing in the early 2000s. About 50,000 tons of low-level radioactive…

Exposure to deadly radon gas claims the lives of over 560 New Jersey residents per year. Communities spanning from North to South Jersey are affected by radon, and officials from the state Department of Health and the Department of Environmental Protection are warning residents that they must act against it and test their homes for…

According to a new Danish study, about a third of breast cancer patients receive unneeded treatment that may pose as health hazards. In the study, researchers found that some small, slow-growing tumors discovered by mammograms did not require treatment. However, overly cautious doctors diagnose their patients with breast cancer and aggressively treat them via surgery,…

Yesterday’s tragedy at Fort Lauderdale, Florida has claimed the lives of five people and injured eight others. As the nation mourns yet another mass shooting, many are beginning to ask what could have been done to prevent it. As a result, airport security has come under scrutiny again. Citizens are asking why guns are allowed to be checked…

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will investigate the SEPTA trolley accident that occurred on Wednesday afternoon in West Philadelphia. The accident, which took place when a Route 10 trolley rear-ended another one in front of it, injured almost 50 people. Typically, the trolleys run in 10-minute intervals, but the trolleys involved in this accident…

Investigators determined that a driver speeding on Interstate 96, about 55 miles outside of Detroit, Michigan, caused the fatal car pileup in early December. The multi-vehicle pileup, which involved around 53 cars, happened when a driver sped down the snowy highway and started the accident that claimed the lives of an older Michigan couple and…

Close to 50 people suffered minor injuries when two SEPTA trolleys collided in West Philadelphia today. While a cause has yet to be determined, victims of the SEPTA accident reported that it appeared as though one trolley was speeding. While SEPTA has yet to confirm what was the cause of this rear-end collision, many are…

A Long Island Railroad (LIRR) commuter train derailed in Brooklyn, New York, this morning, disrupting the morning commute. The commuter train, carrying 600 passengers, apparently hit a platform or bumper at the LIRR Track 6 at a very low speed, states the New York Office of Emergency Management. When the derailment occurred, one passenger heard…