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A quarter of people with the disease don't know they have it.

During the monsoon season, the risk of hepatitis significantly increases due to the growth and spread of waterborne pathogens. Heavy rains and flooding can lead to contamination of drinking water with hepatitis A virus, which spreads through fecal-oral transmission. Poor sanitation and inadequate waste disposal systems exacerbate this risk, as…

People infected as well as close relations of victims or those caring for victims will be eligible

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

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

Demand for hepatitis C tests has surged in the UK following the publication of the infected blood inquiry findings in May 2024. According to the BBC, “1,750 people in the UK are living with an undiagnosed hepatitis C infection after being given a transfusion with contaminated blood.” Globally, there are…

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…

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

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