The Mesothelioma Guide Blog

The power of artificial intelligence (AI) is growing. According to an article in the New York Post, an AI program at the University of Toronto developed a potential treatment for...

Update (07/31/2023): A federal judge in New Jersey dismissed the Johnson & Johnson bankruptcy case and denied the company’s attempt to “Texas Two-Step” its...

A jury in Connecticut awarded approximately $20 million in a mesothelioma verdict to the widow and family of a deceased patient. It is reportedly the largest asbestos and...

Immunotherapy treatment is already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for pleural mesothelioma. It’s not yet approved for peritoneal mesothelioma,...

A new bill in Utah could interfere with future asbestos lawsuits. If passed, the Asbestos Litigation Amendments bill would require potential plaintiffs to clear multiple...

Update (03/10/2023): Another school in the Philadelphia School District, Simon Gratz High School Mastery Charter, closed on March 8, 2023, due to asbestos sightings and concerns....

The global incidence of mesothelioma is declining for the first time in decades.  Mesothelioma is a rare and aggressive type of cancer. Compared to other types of cancer,...

One question often arising when I’m assisting a retired military veteran with mesothelioma or asbestos lung cancer is whether their military retirement pay will be decreased by...

The groundbreaking development of a lung cancer vaccine could change everything about lung cancer treatment – and even mesothelioma treatment.  A lung cancer immunotherapy...

Note: This blog was originally published January 4, 2023 but was updated December 3, 2024, with updated VA compensation amounts and an updated list of the VA medical centers with...