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UK infected blood scandal: what happened in other countries?

Victims in Britain have finally gained a measure of justice – elsewhere the fight has had varying outcomes

The Guardian - UK

First infected blood scandal victims to receive payments by end of 2024

Cabinet Office minister John Glen said all those affected by the scandal will be eligible to claim compensation under the scheme

The Independent UK

In a 1st, HIV vaccine triggers rare and elusive antibodies in human patients

Scientists have taken a big step toward making an effective HIV vaccine.

LiveScience

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OPINION - There is something very British about the infected blood scandal

As much as the seven-volume report that it launched, Sir Brian Langstaff’s remarkable speech yesterday at the Methodist Central Hall in Westminster was a milestone in the history of the modern British state. Its specific theme was the contaminated blood scandal in which 30,000 people were infected with HIV or…

Evening Standard

The school killed by contaminated blood: Of 122 boys infected only 30 are still alive

Infected blood inquiry has revealed children at Lord Mayor Treloar College between 1970 and 1987 were ‘treated like guinea pigs’

The Independent UK

How is Ken Clarke involved in the infected blood scandal and could he lose his peerage?

The Independent looks at what Lord Clarke is accused of, and why campaigners want his peerage removed

The Independent UK

Infected blood scandal: How will the UK pay £10 billion in compensation?

More than 30,000 people were infected with HIV and hepatitis via blood transfusions in the 1970s and 1980s

The Independent UK

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HIV positive prostitute had sex with 211 men after learning she’d been infected, cops say

Linda Inez Leccese has been charged with soliciting after she tested positive for HIV

The Independent UK

What is the UK’s infected blood scandal?

More than 3,000 people died and many others were left with lifelong health problems after being given contaminated blood

The Guardian - UK

More than 30,000 infected and 3,000 dead: The shocking numbers behind the infected blood scandal

Damning public inquiry has laid bare failings of worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS

The Independent UK

‘We were kids’: infected blood report welcomed by survivor of school trials

Pupils were viewed as ‘cheaper than chimps’ at Hampshire school where Richard Warwick was infected with HIV and hepatitis C

The Guardian - UK

Infected blood scandal: 1,000s of victims knowingly exposed to 'unacceptable' risks, scathing report reveals

Tens of thousands of patients ‘knowingly exposed to unacceptable risks of infection’ in biggest treatment scandal in NHS history

Evening Standard

Infected blood scandal involved 'pervasive' cover up, inquiry finds

Children were used as “objects for research” while the risks of contracting hepatitis and HIV were ignored at a specialist school where boys…

The National (Scotland)

‘Suffering that is hard to comprehend’: key takeaways from UK infected blood report

Scandal was completely avoidable, with government and NHS colluding to cover up risk to patients

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian - UK

UK infected blood scandal made worse by ‘chilling’ cover-up, inquiry finds

Thousands of deaths could have been avoided, final report on infection of thousands with HIV or hepatitis C concludes

The Independent UK

Infected Blood Scandal victims: Survivor’s guilt, anger and the decades-long fight for justice

Some 3,000 people have died and others left with lifelong health complications after being infected with viruses including hepatitis C and HIV

The Independent UK

What is the infected blood scandal? Everything you need to know ahead of milestone report

The long-awaited final report will be published by the Infected Blood Inquiry today

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: The history of the contaminated blood scandal; Iranian president confirmed dead

In today’s newsletter: After years of failure to recognise how badly the victims were treated, their stories are finally being heard. But is it enough for the families who have fought for years?

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The Guardian - UK

Infected blood inquiry to publish final report in seismic moment for victims

Chair to share findings of investigation into NHS infection of thousands with HIV or hepatitis C over more than 20 years

The Independent UK

US pediatricians group reverses decades-old ban on breastfeeding for those with HIV

A top U.S. pediatricians’ group is making a sharp policy change about breastfeeding by people with HIV

The Independent UK

Contaminated blood scandal victims living with ‘survivor’s guilt’ as thousands of lives still ‘blighted’

The Infected Blood Inquiry publishes its report on Monday

The Conversation

‘They call us the fatherless ones’: the trauma of families devastated by the infected blood scandal will last for generations

On the day of her uncle’s funeral in 1995, Jane’s life changed forever.* That was when she found out her uncle Edward, a person with haemophilia, had been infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from the treatment he was taking for his condition.

The Guardian - UK

‘My mum had to tell me I had HIV’: the former blood transfusion poster boy campaigning for infected victims

Andy Evans was injecting his own clotting protein at three, and was 13 when he found it had given him HIV. Now he campaigns for fellow survivors – and the truth about the contamination scandal

The Conversation

Angola’s untold history: archive project explores LGBTIQ+ lives and struggles

As I write these lines, I mourn the passing of Carlos Fernandes, a leading queer activist and organiser in Angola. Carlos was found dead in his home earlier this year under circumstances that are still being investigated.

The Conversation

PrEP was earmarked $26m in the budget. What is it? Will it stop me getting HIV?

HIV prevention was allocated A$43.9 million over three years in this week’s federal budget. Some $26m of this is for “PrEP” for people without access to Medicare.

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