They made fatal decisions and shredded evidence. Those behind the contaminated blood scandal must face justice
Sarah Boseley
Ordinary people were wronged, their lives ruined. After today’s devastating report, a reckoning is long overdue, says former Guardian health editor Sarah Boseley
‘My mum gave the injections that killed my brothers’: how UK’s infected blood scandal has torn lives apart
As an inquiry into the infected blood scandal that has claimed 3,000 lives in Britain prepares to report on its findings, victims and families who have lost loved ones tell their stories
Revealed: UK government was warned of infected blood risks in 1970s
Documents show officials were told blood plasma harvested from US convicts was contaminated with viruses
‘Plasma was called liquid gold’: the true story of the UK infected blood scandal
Documents examined by inquiry show officials knew people were being given infected blood products, but sanctioned their use
May 2023
Fair Access
Preventing millions of hepatitis deaths is a ‘thundering moral imperative’
By 2040 the disease could kill more people each year than malaria, TB and Aids combined – despite the cost of treatment being ‘less than dinner for two’
July 2022
Childhood hepatitis surge ‘probably linked to two common viruses’
Scientists say simultaneous infection with viruses may explain rise in cases, with 12 UK children requiring liver transplants
April 2022
Hepatitis outbreak: what do we know about mystery cases in children?
Investigations are under way into an outbreak of acute hepatitis cases in children reported to the World Health Organization
February 2022
Dangerous Medicine: The Story Behind Human Experiments with Hepatitis – review
Sydney Halpern’s account of postwar US research that deliberately infected hundreds with the disease is shocking – and important for the Covid era
June 2021
Mandatory vaccinations for care workers and the blame game
Letters: Prof Jonathan Parker says the government needs to gain people’s trust, especially those working at the sharp end of social care, while Dr Dorothea Morfey offers clarity over hepatitis B vaccinations for medical staff
August 2020
The Guardian view on African success: a step closer to conquering polio
Editorial: We are tantalisingly close to eradicating the disease. Things may slip backwards because of science, thugs and exponents of ignorance
September 2018
Why was contaminated blood allowed to devastate haemophiliacs’ lives?
Su Gorman
'Treated like pariahs': contaminated blood victims tell their stories
May 2018
'One-stop liver shop': chronic hepatitis B 'will be eliminated in NT in five years'
Combination of app that offers key information in local Aboriginal languages and community care giving researchers hope
April 2018
Amitabh Bachchan: 'Forget the Avengers, it took real heroes to make India polio-free'
Amitabh Bachchan
Britain’s use of contaminated blood was no ‘tragedy’ – it was a scandal
Simon Hattenstone
March 2018
Scientists warn 90% of hepatitis B sufferers remain unaware of silent killer
Shortfalls in testing and treatment leave 270 million people around the world undiagnosed and untreated, Lancet study reveals
November 2017
Mongolia's liver cancer crisis: 'No other country has a problem like this'
Cirrhosis and liver cancer cause 15% of all deaths in Mongolia. Now the government is waking up to the issue – and tackling the hepatitis that triggers it
August 2017
Hepatitis B vaccine to be restricted in UK owing to global shortage
Public Health England applies emergency measures to protect those at highest risk after manufacturing problems hit supply
July 2017
Hepatitis B jab to be added to immunisations of babies born in UK
Babies born from the 1 August will be offered new ‘hexavalent’ jab in effort to clamp down on infections that cause cirrhosis and liver cancer
January 2017
Sydney hospital involved in gassing mix-up gave babies ineffective hepatitis B vaccines
Bankstown-Lidcombe hospital to contact 282 mothers after a fridge that stored routine vaccines was discovered with low temperature readings
