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Super Lawyers Honors Continue for Surprenant & Beneski as Rebecca Spinner Joins 2024 Rising Stars

New Bedford, Massachusetts – Surprenant & Beneski, P.C. is pleased to announce that partners Daniel Surprenant and Michelle Beneski are once again named Super Lawyers, as well as Erin Nunes on the Rising Stars list. This year, we also celebrate Rebecca Spinner, who has been added to the prestigious Rising Stars list for the first … Continue reading Super Lawyers Honors Continue for Surprenant & Beneski as Rebecca Spinner Joins 2024 Rising Stars

Annual Report to the Nation: Cancer Death Rates Continue to Decline – Press Release

Overall cancer death rates continue to decrease in men, women, and children for all major racial and ethnic groups, according to the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2014.

U.S. Syphilis Cases in Newborns Continue to Increase: A 10-Times Increase Over a Decade

CDC is recommending concerted action to stop the increase of newborn syphilis cases and continues to sound the alarm about the consequences of a rapidly accelerating epidemic of sexually transmitted infections in the United States. Syphilis during pregnancy can cause tragic outcomes, like miscarriage, stillbirth, infant death, and lifelong medical issues.

U.S. drug overdose deaths continue to rise; increase fueled by synthetic opioids – Press Release

An in-depth analysis of 2016 U.S. drug overdose data shows that America’s overdose epidemic is spreading geographically and increasing across demographic groups.

Courts Continue to Pass the Buck on Gerrymandering Cases

The North Carolina Supreme Court recently laid down its ruling in a critical case that could seriously affect future federal elections. The case centers around the “independent state legislature theory,” a radical theory claiming that, under the U.S. Constitution, state legislatures may determine how federal elections take place without oversight from state constitutions or state … Continue reading Courts Continue to Pass the Buck on Gerrymandering Cases

Babies with Zika-related Health Problems Continue to Need Attention

About 1 in 7 babies now 1 year or older who were born to women with Zika virus infection during pregnancy had one or more health problems possibly caused by exposure to the virus before birth, according to the latest Vital Signs report. Some of these problems were not apparent at birth.

Annual Report to the Nation: Cancer deaths continue downward trend; modest improvements in survival for pancreatic cancer

Overall cancer death rates continued to decline among men, women, children, and adolescents and young adults in every major racial and ethnic group in the United States from 2015 to 2019, according to the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer.