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How British patients were infected with HIV from US prisoners who donated blood for a few dollars
Daily Telegraph· 10 hours agoRichard Vincent, a prisoner at Louisiana State Penitentiary, testified in the US that he had been...
What is the infected blood scandal and will victims get compensation?
BBC via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoPeople with haemophilia A have a shortage of a clotting agent called Factor VIII, while people with...
UK PM sorry for institutional cover-up in infected blood scandal
AFP via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoUK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday apologised to thousands of people infected with contaminated...
When I Tell People What I’m Doing to Make Ends Meet as a Grad Student, Their Reactions Are Something...
Slate via Yahoo News· 3 days agoTwo-thirds of the world’s plasma comes from the United States, one of the only countries that allows...
Infected Blood Scandal victims: Survivor’s guilt, anger and the decades-long fight for justice
The Independent via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoBetween the 1970s and early 1990s, patients were given contaminated blood and blood products. This...
What we know about 'chilling' infected blood scandal cover-up
Yahoo News UK· 16 hours agoThese include people who needed blood transfusions for accidents, in surgery or during childbirth,...
What is the infected blood scandal? Everything you need to know ahead of milestone report
The Independent via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoA new treatment was developed in the 1970s to replace the clotting agents that are absent in the...
Families 'angry and sad' at blood inquiry report
BBC via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoHe had haemophilia, a rare genetic condition which meant his blood did not clot properly. In the 1970s, a new treatment was developed to replace the...
PM apology after infected blood scandal cover-up
BBC via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoTwo main groups were caught up in the scandal. One was people with haemophilia or similar rare genetic disorders preventing their blood properly...
Prisoners and the army donated infected blood in NI
BBC via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoIn the 1970s, a new treatment using donated human blood was developed to replace these clotting agents. But whole batches were contaminated with deadly viruses. After being ...
