Tag Archive for: BBC News – Health

I lost mum, dad and sister to HIV in blood scandal
Families torn apart by the infected blood scandal break their silence to BBC Panorama.
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I lost my mum, dad and baby sister to HIV in infected blood scandal
Families torn apart by the infected blood scandal break their silence to BBC Panorama.
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Birth trauma inquiry urges maternity care overhaul
Changes in postnatal care are also required, MPs say after hearing "harrowing" evidence from UK women.
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Poor maternity tolerated as normal, inquiry says
MPs heard "harrowing stories" from women, including some who said they were left in blood-soaked sheets.
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Man who received first pig kidney transplant dies
The US hospital which carried out the operation said Rick Slayman's death was not a result of the transplant.
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Test-at-home kit for cancer patients approved for use
Patients say the device allows them to reduce the number of hospital visits involved in cancer care.
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Vaccine expert ‘very worried’ by whooping cough deaths
Five babies have died from the infection amid a rise in cases in the UK.
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Mum ignored test and got cancer says BBC presenter
BBC Wales' Lucy Owen on her mum's regrets at taking no notice of bowel cancer test offers.
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Victims infected with Hep C after blood screening began
Lawyers tell the BBC people infected after September 1991 should be allowed to claim compensation.
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Victims infected with Hep C after blood screening began
Lawyers tell the BBC people infected after September 1991 should be allowed to claim compensation.
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