- Flood victims file lawsuit in federal court
"Exposure by the Plaintiffs and all other residents of the affected subdivisions to the bacteria and toxins described above can cause respiratory and gastro-intestinal illness and death, and some of the toxins produced by types of aspergillums are highly carcinogenic and cause cancer and death," the suit claims.
"Persons who inhale such toxic particles will have an increased risk of health ailments possibly including cancer and death," lawyers for the Fernley residents claim in the lawsuit.
- Global AIDS crisis overblown? Some dare to say so
As World AIDS Day is marked on Monday, some experts are growing more outspoken in complaining that AIDS is eating up funding at the expense of more pressing health needs.
They argue that the world has entered a post-AIDS era in which the disease's spread has largely been curbed in much of the world, Africa excepted.
'AIDS is a terrible humanitarian tragedy, but it's just one of many terrible humanitarian tragedies,' said Jeremy Shiffman, who studies health spending at Syracuse University.
- China pledges to fight AIDS discrimination
Chinese health authorities and the U.N. AIDS agency pledged to fight discrimination against people with the disease in China with the unveiling Sunday of a massive red ribbon, the symbol of AIDS awareness, at the Olympic Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing.
Organizers said the fear of being stigmatized at work or in their communities is discouraging many people at risk of HIV infection from being tested. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS.
After years of denying that AIDS was a problem, Chinese leaders have shifted gears in recent years, confronting the disease more openly and promising anonymous testing, free treatment for the poor and a ban on discrimination against people with the virus.
- Run Off That Turkey Trot 5K
Run Off That Turkey Trot 5K
- Fast food linked to Alzheimer's disease
Mice fed junk food for nine months showed signs of developing the abnormal brain tangles strongly associated with Alzheimer's disease, a Swedish researcher said on Friday.
- Housing Authority Tenant Awarded $303,834 Verdict For Mold Apartment Claims
Legal News
Personal Injury Law
Friday, November 28, 2008
BALTIMORE - A Maryland jury on Oct. 20 awarded a tenant of the Housing Authority for Baltimore City $303,834 in damages for pain and suffering and economic damages caused by mold contamination in her apartment (Nornita Hyman v. Housing Authority for Baltimore City, No. C-24- 06-010789, Md. Cir., Baltimore).
From Mealey's Litigation Report: Mold
