Daily Archives: June 8, 2010

Members of Congress are working to repeal the Death on the High Seas Act of 1920 (commonly referred to as DOSHA), an antiquated law that sets limits on the damages that family members and other dependents can collect in the ... Read More

Twenty-five California women have joined more than a thousand others across the country in a lawsuit against Bayer HealthCare claiming the company’s blockbuster birth control pills – Yaz and Yasmin – caused them to suffer life threatening health problems such ... Read More

National Geographic is famous for its breathtaking images of the world’s most scenic views. But its latest photo montage is heartbreaking. “Gulf Oil Spill Pictures: Birds, Fish, Crabs Coated,” tells the devastating story of the Gulf oil spill – crabs ... Read More

U.S. District Judge Berle M. Schiller has ruled that manufacturers of generic drugs are not protected from lawsuits even if the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) certifies them as the “bioequivalent” of their brand name predecessors. The lawsuit involved consumers ... Read More

Carried by water currents, BP’s giant oil slick could hit the U.S. east coast in a few weeks and spread out across thousands of miles of Atlantic ocean, according to government scientists monitoring the spill. The government’s oil spill trajectory ... Read More

Truck driver Robert Morali, a longtime resident of Jackson, Mississippi, has driven more than 5 million miles for UPS over a span of 39 years and has never had an accident, reports the Mississippi Clarion-Ledger. Morali’s record of perfect safety ... Read More

Telaprevir, a new treatment for hepatitis C by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, is showing positive results from a late-stage study, boosting company shares. But TheStreet.com warns that despite the promising results, the treatment has issues that may be making investors cautious, including ... Read More