Topic: Family

The state of Virginia has become the 11th state to pass legislation permanently proclaiming Sept. 26 as mesothelioma awareness day. The day recognizes the many victims of mesothelioma, a form of cancer caused by exposure…

A popular young New Jersey middle school principal, Marco F. Cera joined the ranks of 2,500 to 3,000 Americans whose lives are cut short by mesothelioma each year. Cera died Friday at age 39, far…

New York Public Advocate Bill de Blasio urged New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration to reconsider a decision not to undertake a thorough study of cancer rates among NY police officers who worked at Ground…

Massachusetts firefighter Mike Urban went to the doctor last July complaining of wheezing, thinking that he might have developed asthma. A lab tech noticed something on the initial chest x-ray and a doctor ordered a…

Yvonne Moaby did not have a factory job that brought her into contact with asbestos. She was a housewife in the Cotswalds area of Great Britain. Yet, Mrs. Moaby, who had been healthy and fit…