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HIV transmission during medical procedures at hospitals is extremely rare. However, if blood products are not screened and infection control procedures are not followed, transmission can take place. The risk of infection following a needlestick injury is low.

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UK infected blood scandal: what happened in other countries?

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The Guardian
22 May 2024
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Sunak Apologizes After Damning Report on U.K. Infected-Blood Scandal

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The New York Times
21 May 2024
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UK infected blood scandal report confirms this tragedy was preventable

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The Guardian
21 May 2024
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‘Best day ever. I just wish I were younger’: the voices of infected blood victims

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The Guardian
21 May 2024
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‘Suffering that is hard to comprehend’: key takeaways from UK infected blood report

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The Guardian
21 May 2024
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Don't Fear the Vampire Facial. Just Keep It Safe

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Medscape (requires free registration)
13 May 2024
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How ‘vampire facials’ at an unlicensed spa left three women with HIV

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The Washington Post (requires free registration)
26 April 2024
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US to lift ban on gay and bisexual men donating sperm

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Gay Community News
8 April 2024
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UK: Ministers lose infected blood vote after Tory MPs revolt

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BBC News
5 December 2023
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Injustice exposed: time to make progress

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Terrence Higgins Trust
31 October 2023
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‘I stopped counting how many friends died’: life after the contaminated blood scandal

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The Guardian
19 October 2023
Activism & civil society

Su Gorman obituary

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The Guardian
21 September 2023
HIV & criminal law

New Mexico looking at introducing HIV Criminalisation law for negligent exposure to HIV

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HIV Justice Network
14 July 2023
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Are there still restrictions in the EU on blood donations based on sexual orientation?

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Euronews
15 June 2023
Government, leadership & policy

Gay men can now donate blood after FDA changes decades-old rule – a health policy researcher explains the benefits

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The Conversation
16 May 2023
HIV & criminal law

Singapore: HIV-positive man jailed over false declarations before donating blood

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The Star
4 May 2023
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UK infected blood inquiry releases compensation report

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The Lancet (requires free registration)
14 April 2023
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Compensation scheme for contaminated blood scandal victims ‘must be extended’

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Evening Standard
5 April 2023
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FDA Proposes Lifting Rules on Blood Donations From Gay and Bi Men

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POZ
30 January 2023
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FDA Proposes Individual Risk Assessment for Blood Donations, While Continuing to Safeguard U.S. Blood Supply

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FDA
27 January 2023
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FDA Considering New Approach to Blood Donation by Gay and Bisexual Men

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The New York Times
1 December 2022
HIV & criminal law

Why people living with HIV should not be criminalised for donating blood

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HIV Justice Network
2 September 2022
Activism & civil society

Isle of Man to let queer men donate blood after Joe Locke speech

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Pink News
17 August 2022
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Victims of infected blood scandal to each get £100,000 in compensation

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Metro
17 August 2022