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Patients who were infected with Hepatitis C or HIV in the 1970s and 80s - or their partners - will get the interim compensation payment next week.

As many as 30,000 people were caught up in the contaminated blood scandal

It is estimated about 3,000 people in Scotland were infected with Hepatitis C through NHS blood or blood products in the 1970s through to 1991.

While national efforts to eliminate hepatitis C have faced setbacks because of increased drug use, the impact of COVID-19 and insurance complications, there’s a bright spot: Some states are now making it easier for patients to treat the disease.

States that have traditionally imposed restrictions to costly hepatitis drugs are now lifting those barriers.

JAIPUR: Three borewells which were being used for supplying water for drinking purposes at a coaching institute in Jawahar Nagar, where a NEET aspirant who was studying at the same coaching centre had allegedly died of hepatic encephalopathy, have been closed, after health department officials allegedly found that the water…

As the NHS issues an amber alert because of a shortage of blood supply, we look at who can and can’t donate blood

The fight against blood borne viruses (BBVs) is being stepped up in Forth Valley. A specialist community nurse has been appointed and increased outreach services introduced, including visits to Salvation Army premises and homeless units. The drive

This is not the first time berries have given New Zealanders hepatitis. Dr Mark Thomas explains how it happens. 

Chicken, beer and yoghurt are among the items that the Food Safety Authority of Ireland has recalled over food safety fears. Some of the affected products were for sale in Tesco, SuperValu, Dunnes, Lidl, Aldi and other shops across Ireland.

Thousands of patients were infected with HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 1980s.