Tag: Blood
Hims & Hers to offer at-home blood draws, lab testing with Trybe deal
Hims & Hers Health announced Wednesday it has acquired New Jersey-based at-home lab testing facility Trybe Labs.The deal will allow the telehealth [...]
Up to 140,000 blood scandal relatives may claim compensation
Getty ImagesAs many as 140,000 bereaved parents, children and siblings of infected blood scandal victims may claim compensation under new laws laid be [...]
Infected blood authority can now pay patients, minister says
ReutersSome 30,000 people were infected with HIV and hepatitis C from contaminated blood products and transfusions between 1970 and 1991Ministers have [...]
Infected blood compensation payouts on the way
Getty ImagesThe government has announced it will push ahead with compensation payments to infected blood victims.The previous government had announced [...]
General election will not delay infected blood compensation
Parliament will aim to pass an important bill ahead of the general election to ensure victims of the infected blood scandal are compensated as soon as [...]
Vials of Blood Sent to R.N.C. Headquarters Prompt Lockdown
Hazardous materials teams responded to the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington after a suspicious package was found.
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Sunak says NHS failed patients over blood infections
The PM said the NHS provided "life saving care" every day but it was clear there were "significant failings" which caused people to receive infected b [...]
Starmer calls for duty of candour law after blood scandal
The Labour leader says public servants should be compelled by law to tell the truth, following the infected blood scandal.
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Clarke faces questions over blood scandal – minister
Tory minister Mel Stride says former health secretary Ken Clarke faces "serious" questions about his role.
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Infected blood scandal: Sunak promises ‘comprehensive’ blood compensation
Mr Sunak described the release of the report as a "day of shame for the British state" and vowed to pay "comprehensive compensation" to those affected [...]
PM apologises after infected blood scandal cover-up
Addressing the issue of a cover-up, he said better wording was "hiding the truth".There had been a lack of openness, inquiry, accountability and eleme [...]
At a glance: Infected blood inquiry's key findings
The report finds the infected blood scandal could and should have been largely avoided.
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Infected blood scandal inquiry live: Final report to be published
ReutersCopyright: ReutersThen-Prime Minister Theresa May ordered the inquiry in the summer of 2017Image caption: Then-Prime Minister Theresa May order [...]
Infected blood scandal: Inquiry into NHS disaster to publish findings
The Tainted Blood campaign group chairman, Andy Evans, who was infected with HIV and hepatitis C as a child through his haemophilia treatment, said pu [...]
Infected blood victims have waited too long, says Grant Shapps
It was not until 2017, under Theresa May, that an official inquiry into the scandal was set up, following years of campaigning by victims.The inquiry, [...]