The Mesothelioma Guide Blog

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced new VA compensation rates for 2026. The compensation rates apply to veterans with mesothelioma and their loved ones. The...

The Stephan Company has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy, hoping to reorganize debt, and likely will need to create an asbestos trust fund to pay victims in the future. The company,...

In just the last few years, tens of thousands of people have filed cancer lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson. Many of the cases ended in verdicts ordering Johnson &...

More than 70 schools in Australia and New Zealand closed recently due to asbestos discovered in children’s play sand. The schools closed for cleaning after the health risk was...

Thousands of people in the United States each year develop mesothelioma, which is a cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. Tens of thousands more people develop lung cancer and...

Doctors are not anywhere near the top of the list among occupations linked to mesothelioma. This cancer is often connected to people who worked in construction, plants, and other...

If the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) denies your veterans mesothelioma claim, don’t take that as the end of the road. In fact, most denied mesothelioma claims can...

In the fight against cancer, timing is everything. The earlier a disease is detected, the better the chances of survival. That’s the purpose behind screening clinical trial...

Peritoneal mesothelioma is one of four types of mesothelioma and the second most common. Approximately 15% of the 3,000 people in the U.S. diagnosed each year with mesothelioma...

A disease control rate in cancer studies is the percentage of people whose tumors stopped growing. For mesothelioma, a 100% disease control rate is rare. So when a clinical trial...