A Hampton Roads Transit Bus hit an HRT employee at the bus garage on 18th Street during the night of October 8, 2011, in Norfolk, Virginia (VA). The bus was in the process of getting cleaned and prepared for the next day’s routes. According to wvec.com, the employee suffered serious injuries and had to be taken to…
The lawsuits claiming the type 2 diabetes drug Actos (pioglitazone) from Takeda has caused bladder cancer, keep coming in, and this tragedy is gaining a human face. “Robert and Jewell Bettorf allege Robert Bettorf began taking Actos … in 2007,” The Record of Madison St. Clair has reported. “At the time he took the medication, Robert…
My colleague John C. recently posted an article describing some of the birth defects that can result from a mother taking certain antidepressant medications while pregnant. Unfortunately, most expectant mothers are unaware of the nonpharmacologic options they have to treat their depression. This is a serious problem, considering 1 in 10 pregnant women will suffer…
A wreck Leetown Road in Middleway West Virginia, resulted in the death of an Inwood woman and the critical injury of an Inwood man.
Problems are mounting for a former Chatham, Virginia (VA), town councilman after he was injured in a crash involving a tractor-trailer that occurred one day after he was fined for filing a false police report. Fred Turner, 70, was driving east on VA 57 when he crossed into the path of the oncoming truck and clipped the…