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Infected blood victims were used for research without consent, families claim
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoMore than 2,500 people become infected with hepatitis C and around 1,250 with HIV from contaminated...
Contaminated blood victims were ‘unknowingly’ involved in studies, families say
The Independent via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoThe Factor 8 campaign group alleges that instead of stopping treatment, clinicians lobbied to...
Hepatitis B is globally underassessed and undertreated, especially among women and Asian minorities...
Medical Xpress· 6 days agoNew evidence reveals global underassessment and undertreatment of chronic hepatitis B (HBV),...
Harvoni interactions: Alcohol, supplements, and more
Medical News Today· 1 day agoHarvoni (ledipasvir/sofosbuvir) is a brand-name drug that’s prescribed for hepatitis C in certain adults and children. Harvoni has interactions with some...
Namibia reaches key milestone in eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV and hepatitis B
World Health Organization· 2 days agoWindhoek – Namibia has become the first country in Africa – and the first high-burden country in the world - to reach a significant milestone on the path towards eliminating vertical mother-to-child ...
Earnings call: Vir Biotechnology reports Q1 2024 financials, pipeline progress By Investing.com
Investing.com· 5 days agoNoteworthy developments include promising preliminary data from its hepatitis B program and the...
Infected blood scandal greatest injustice country has seen, claims Andy Burnham
The Independent via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoThe infected blood scandal saw thousands of people in the UK in the 70s and 80s given blood...
Mum never got over injecting son with infected blood
BBC via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoThroughout the early 1980s there was growing evidence that some of the blood products were contaminated with HIV or Hepatitis C. Euan was not quite eight...
Call for Experts: Regional Validation Committee (RVC) on the Elimination of Mother-to-Child...
World Health Organization· 7 days agoThis “Call for experts” provides information about the advisory group in question, the expert profiles being sought, the process to express interest, and the process of selection. The global ...
Pharmaceutical giants knowingly sold HIV-infected treatment to NHS
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 days agoSome 1,250 people in the UK contracted HIV in the 70s and 80s from Factor VIII, a treatment for the...