Contaminated Blood

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday apologised to thousands of people infected with contaminated blood in a decades-long scandal that a damning report concluded was covered up and largely could have been avoided.

The Supreme Court Thursday came to the rescue of a retired army personnel, who contracted HIV allegedly due to contaminated blood transfusion in an army hospital, directing that he be treated at the Base Hospital.

Thousands of people in Britain infected with HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated blood transfusions will receive a compensation payment decades after the scandal, the UK government announced on Wednesday.

Iskitimka River in Russia has turned red. The colour change has been attributed to contamination by a mysterious pollutant.

It remains unclear how many patients may have been exposed to the carcinogens, but agency leaders have previously estimated that 1 million to 2 million people may have taken the medicines with the impurities.

World AIDS Day is observed on December 1 every year. The day is dedicated to spreading awareness about the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) which is spread by infection from a virus called human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The day is marked by the World Health Organisation as a global public health campaign. One can be at a greater risk...

Every month, Seema Mishra and her daughter make the trip to a hospital, praying the blood transfusion the youngster needs to keep her alive will not make her sicker.

US health officials on Tuesday issued new guidelines for donating blood aimed at avoiding the contamination of the country's blood supplies with the Zika virus.

British Prime Minister David Cameron apologised on Wednesday to thousands of people who were infected with HIV and Hepatitis C after being treated for unrelated conditions with contaminated blood in the 1970s and 1980s.

First one of his sons died, then another and another. By 1996, Khalid al-Jabor had lost five children to AIDS, all victims of contaminated blood allegedly exported to Iraq by a French firm now owned by drug giant Sanofi.

A New York hospital on Wednesday alerted more than 4,200 patients who may have received insulin of possible exposure to hepatitis viruses and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) due to possible blood contamination, officials and local media said.

People who develop gastroenteritis from drinking water contaminated with E. coli are at higher risk for developing high blood pressure, kidney problems and heart disease later in life.

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday apologised to thousands of people infected with contaminated blood in a decades-long scandal that a damning report concluded was covered up and largely could have been avoided.

The Supreme Court Thursday came to the rescue of a retired army personnel, who contracted HIV allegedly due to contaminated blood transfusion in an army hospital, directing that he be treated at the Base Hospital.

Thousands of people in Britain infected with HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated blood transfusions will receive a compensation payment decades after the scandal, the UK government announced on Wednesday.

Iskitimka River in Russia has turned red. The colour change has been attributed to contamination by a mysterious pollutant.

It remains unclear how many patients may have been exposed to the carcinogens, but agency leaders have previously estimated that 1 million to 2 million people may have taken the medicines with the impurities.

World AIDS Day is observed on December 1 every year. The day is dedicated to spreading awareness about the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) which is spread by infection from a virus called human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The day is marked by the World Health Organisation as a global public health campaign. One can be at a greater risk...

Every month, Seema Mishra and her daughter make the trip to a hospital, praying the blood transfusion the youngster needs to keep her alive will not make her sicker.

US health officials on Tuesday issued new guidelines for donating blood aimed at avoiding the contamination of the country's blood supplies with the Zika virus.

British Prime Minister David Cameron apologised on Wednesday to thousands of people who were infected with HIV and Hepatitis C after being treated for unrelated conditions with contaminated blood in the 1970s and 1980s.

First one of his sons died, then another and another. By 1996, Khalid al-Jabor had lost five children to AIDS, all victims of contaminated blood allegedly exported to Iraq by a French firm now owned by drug giant Sanofi.

A New York hospital on Wednesday alerted more than 4,200 patients who may have received insulin of possible exposure to hepatitis viruses and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) due to possible blood contamination, officials and local media said.

People who develop gastroenteritis from drinking water contaminated with E. coli are at higher risk for developing high blood pressure, kidney problems and heart disease later in life.