Infection articles
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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 infected blood inquiry is due to conclude almost seven years after it was first announced.But what is the infected blood scandal? Continue reading
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PM apologises after infected blood scandal cover-up
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he is truly sorry for the failures over the infected blood scandal, calling it a decades-long moral failure. He was responding to the public inquiry’s report into the scandal, which has seen 30,000 people infected from contaminated blood treatments. It found authorities covered up the scandal and exposed victims to unacceptable risks. […]
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At a glance: Infected blood inquiry's key findings
The report finds the infected blood scandal could and should have been largely avoided.