The Latest Breaking News from Hepatitis

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Musician founded the jangle-pop band the Chills in 1980 when he was 17

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

The hospitals are working to notify patients who may have been exposed to HIV and Hepatitis

An anesthesiologist contracted at various Oregon health care facilities did not practice proper infection control, posing a risk to patients.

‘Outrageous’ that payouts to victims in other countries are not being matched in UK, say campaigners

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…