Report exposes ‘catalog of failures’ by UK government in infected blood scandal
British authorities and public health services were deliberately exposing patients to deadly infections through contaminated blood and products, a report has found. Between the 1970s and 1990s, an estimated 3,000 people died, many suffering lifelong illness from HIV or hepatitis infections. The scandal is seen as the most deadly in the history of Britain’s National […]
UK to Pay Out Estimated $12.7 Billion to Infected Blood Scandal Victims
LONDON (AP) – The final report of Britain’s Infected Blood Survey examines how tens of thousands of people were infected with HIV and hepatitis through transfusions of contaminated blood and blood products in the 1970s and 1980s. The announcement will be made on Monday, about six years after it began. . The scandal is widely […]
Norovirus outbreaks linked to 2 cruise ships with over 150 infected
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating two seemingly separate norovirus outbreaks linked to U.S. cruise ships. The cases have been linked to Princess Cruises’ Sapphire Princess and Royal Caribbean International’s Radiance of the Seas. The CDC’s Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) is tracking a “highly contagious” outbreak after reports of passengers in distress. […]
Hyper-sexual ‘zombie cicadas’ infected with fungus will emerge in US: experts
These noisy bugs will soon become brainwashed horndogs. A creepy sexually transmitted fungus has taken over the bodies of millions of cicadas, turning them into sexual “zombies” and is expected to spread across parts of the United States this spring, scientists say. A horror-movie-esque fungal pathogen known as Massospora cicadina will cause insects to mate […]
Rare Disease That Kills 1 in 6 Infected People on the Rise
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has warned that cases of the invasive disease, which causes meningitis, which kills one in six patients, are on the rise. announced by health authorities caveat On Thursday, it reported a spike in invasive meningococcal infections, primarily caused by the rare bacterial infection Neisseria meningitidis. This […]
300 people possibly exposed to measles after infected child visits California hospital
Health officials said hundreds of people may have been exposed to measles after children infected with the highly contagious disease visited emergency centers and hospitals in Northern California earlier this month. The boy’s visit to a health facility on March 5 raised alarm as authorities try to trace around 300 people who may have been […]
Oregon Man Catches The Bubonic Plague, Likely Infected By Pet Cat, Officials Say
An Oregon man infected with bubonic plague likely contracted the disease from his pet cat, authorities announced Wednesday. The Deschutes County Health Department confirmed the diagnosis, citing a pet cat as the cause of the unidentified resident’s illness. statement This was announced by prefectural officials. Deschutes County Health Officer Dr. Richard Fawcett said, “All close […]
COVID-19 strain kills 100% of infected mice in Chinese lab: Study
In a Wuhan-style study, Chinese scientists are experimenting on “humanized” mice with a mutant strain of coronavirus with a 100% mortality rate. The deadly virus, known as GX_P2V, attacked the brains of mice that had been engineered to reflect a genetic makeup similar to humans, a report said. The research results were shared from Beijing […]