Author Archives: Alexa Lardieri

The lower-middle class in America today is in worse health and has fewer savings when they enter retirement compared to 20 years ago. This ‘forgotten’ class has a lower life expectancy, suffers from more chronic illnesses and has less overall wealth when compared to the previous generation of Americans who had a similar income inContinue reading “Is America going backwards? ‘Forgotten’ middle class is worse off when they retire now compared to 20 years ago”

The US is facing a drug and alcohol addiction epidemic and most Americans have been personally affected by the issue, a new survey lays bare. Two-thirds of adults reported either they or a family member suffer from addiction to illicit or pharmaceutical drugs or alcohol, according to the KFF Health Tracking Poll. And nearly 10 percent ofContinue reading “America’s addiction crisis laid bare: Two-thirds of adults have a family member hooked on drugs or alcohol and one in 10 have lost someone to an overdose”

Up to eight in 10 hospitals and pharmacists are rationing drugs or delaying appointments as they battle a crippling medicine shortage, a report suggests. A national survey published Thursday showed there were 309 ongoing drug shortages, the highest number in nearly 10 years. And just a few less than the all-time high of 320. The American SocietyContinue reading “Eight in 10 hospitals and pharmacists rationing drugs or delaying care because of crippling medicine shortages – including for cancer”

Infant mortality spiked by up to a fifth in Texas in the year after the state enacted one of the strictest abortion bans in the United States. Preliminary data shows roughly 2,200 infants died in Texas in 2022, an increase of 11.5 percent, or 227 deaths over the prior year.  And for the first time in decades,Continue reading “Infant deaths due to birth defects spiked by 22% in Texas after state introduced six-week abortion ban, data shows”

Johnson & Johnson must pay nearly $19million to a California man who says the firm’s baby powder caused his rare and deadly cancer, a court has ruled.  Emory Hernandez Valadez, a 24-year-old from Oakland, claims heavy exposure to J&J’s talcum products from childhood caused his mesothelioma, a cancer around his heart that is caused by inhaling toxic asbestos. On Tuesday,Continue reading “Johnson & Johnson is ordered to pay $19m to California man, 24, who claims its baby powder caused aggressive cancer that will kill him in months”

Rodney Thomas was just 51 years old when he died from aggressive nasopharyngeal cancer, a rare type of head and neck cancer, after using a Philips sleep apnea machine.  His family was confused by his diagnosis at the time- Mr Thomas was not a smoker or heavy drinker and was in perfect health aside fromContinue reading “‘If Philips had done something, my husband would still be here’ – Widow claims spouse, 51, died from rare throat cancer linked to sleep apnea machine he bought to stop snoring”