By Alice Klein A funeral for covid-19 victims in Bergamo, ItalyIndependent Photo Agency Srl / Carlo Cozzoli/Fotogramma Since losing her mother to covid-19 in April, Helen Stoba, who lives in Liverpool, UK, has been racked with guilt, anger and confusion. She struggles to focus and has nightmares. “No one truly understands how different the grieving…
It’s been seven weeks since Karen Blanks’ brother-in-law died from COVID-19, but his death still doesn’t seem real to her.She and her husband couldn’t visit Scott Blanks in the hospital. They couldn’t view his body at the mortuary before he was cremated. They’re not holding a memorial service until large gatherings are permitted.“Everything just feels…
17 min read IT’S APPROACHING 11 A.M. on a humid day in May. Ben Simmons has been out fishing in the waters southeast of Miami since 6:15, his boat pushing away from the marina with a waning crescent still hung in the sky. The 29-year-old has spent most of the morning up on the bow
For companies, choosing not to look is not a defense. It is willful blindness, and juries understand it instantly. Published: June 29, 2026, 12:06 am When I started suing food companies more than thirty years ago, after E. coli O157:H7 in undercooked Jack in the Box hamburgers killed four children and sickened hundreds, proving where
An outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite has impacted 145 people. The source of the parasite has not yet been determined. Patients have been reported by 17 states. These people became sick after eating food in the United States and did not report any travel during the 14 days before they got sick. Sick