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What is the infected blood scandal? Everything you need to know ahead of milestone report
The Independent via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThere were two main groups caught up in this wide-scale maltreatment. Firstly, haemophiliacs –...
Stroke rates rising sharply among people younger than 65
UPI· 8 hours agoIt's not clear why stroke rates have risen so sharply, but rising rates of obesity and high blood...
Study further illuminates ability of cancer drug to lower blood sugar
Medical Xpress· 10 hours agoThe drug, known as MLN4924, works by preventing the degradation of a specific protein needed for all...
Legislation ending prior authorization of blood clotting disorder treatment passes General Assembly
WMBD - FOX 43 Peoria· 4 days agoPEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Illinois doctors will soon no longer have to worry about prior authorizations...
Blood scandal family hails 'justice for dad'
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 days agoblood plasma. In the 1970s, the UK was struggling to meet demand for the new treatment, so stocks were imported from the US where high-risk groups, like...
Victims of UK’s infected blood scandal to start receiving final compensation payments this year
WRBL Columbus· 3 days agoLONDON (AP) — Victims of the U.K.’s infected blood scandal, in which tens of thousands of people...
Infected blood scandal: Sunak promises 'comprehensive' blood compensation
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 days agoFurther interim payments could also be announced on Tuesday, which would be paid before the full...
Victims of UK’s infected blood scandal to start receiving final compensation payments this year
WJET - WFXP Erie· 2 days agoLONDON (AP) — Victims of the U.K.’s infected blood scandal, in which tens of thousands of people...
Infected blood scandal: Inquiry into NHS disaster to publish findings
BBC via AOL· 4 days agoTwo main groups of people were caught up in the scandal. One was people with haemophilia, and those...
Blood scandal: 'It destroyed everything I knew'
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 days ago"The blood services, the NHS, doctors, the government, just sweeping it under the carpet, year in, year out." Denials and lies Maria Fletcher, 55, from...