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Dole praised as Red Cross head, but problems from her time remain By SCOTT MOONEYHAM, , Associated Press Writer RALEIGH, N.C.(AP) - When Elizabeth Dole took control at the American Red Cross, the organization had never been more troubled. Tainted blood collected by the charity had infected hundreds of people with AIDS and hepatitis. Congressional hearings were under way to examine blood handling procedures and the safety of the blood supply. Soon, the Food and Drug Administration was breathing down the agency's neck to try to bring the problems under control. In Dole's own words, "Blood was about to...

News Plan for using US blood sparks new fear     Aug 17 2002   By Amanda Crook, The Journal   The Government was last night forced to defend its plans to use plasma from America for young children as a precaution against the human form of mad cow disease.Blood safety campaigners - whose relatives were infected with HIV and hepatitis from US blood products - say they are worried by the announcement and have little confidence in Department of Health assurances.The product is intended for children born after 1995 as they would not have been exposed to BSE...

CDC Team Gauges Risk of West Nile Spread Via Blood By Mary Beth Nierengarten NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - West Nile virus infection, the mosquito-borne illness now spreading across the US, could be transmitted through blood transfusions, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report. But the risk--while relatively high--would only exist for blood donated during peak times of infection, they conclude. West Nile virus is carried by certain birds, and can be passed to humans via mosquitoes. The virus--which originated in Africa and was first spotted in the United States in New York in 1999--has...

SUNDAY EXPRESSPoliticians may face criminal charges over infected blood. EXCLUSIVE BY LUCY JOHNSTON Health Editor FORMER Tory and Labour ministers could face criminal charges over the use of contaminated blood in the NHS which infected thousands with HIV and hepatitis C. The Association of Chief Police Officers is to examine evidence which reveals key health and Treasury officials across two decades ignored repeated warnings that blood products used in the UK were putting lives at risk. Terence Grange, chairman of ACPO’s personal crime division, has written to the Crown Prosecution Service to see if there is enough evidence for...

Medical Council launches blood probe[Posted: Mon 12/08/2002]exclusive by Fergal BowersIn a dramatic development, the Irish Medical Council has served an order on the Blood Bank to hand over documents relating to the hepatitis C infection scandal so that it can conduct a formal inquiry into its former Medical Director, Dr Terry Walsh.Irishhealth.com has learned that the Medical Council, which polices doctors' behaviour, has issued an order on the Irish Blood Transfusion Service under legislation, for documentation produced for the Finlay Blood Tribunal.It is the first time that any person in the blood infection controversy has been ordered to an...

Owen demands inquiry into infected blood scandal James Meikle, health correspondentMonday August 19, 2002The Guardian Lord Owen, who was a Labour health minister from 1974 to 1976, has alleged that maladministration by his former department contributed to the scandal in which thousands of patients became infected by contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 80s. He wants an inquiry into how a promise he made that Britain would be self-sufficient in supplies of clotting factors was not fulfilled and says the government must compensate thousands of people suffering from haemophilia believed to be infected with hepatitis C. The former...

NewsCriminal probe into bad blood considered Aug 14 2002 By The Journal One of the country's top police officers has taken up the case of haemophiliacs who became infected with hepatitis C and HIV through contaminated blood products. Terence Grange, in charge of investigations affecting forces across the country, is now looking at the legal issues involved in a prosecution over the way contaminated blood was used in the NHS. Mr Grange, chief constable of Dyfed-Powys Police and chairman of the ACPO Personal Crime Business Area, is "in charge of any investigations of national importance which affect all forces...

Blood bank board meets over Hep C diagnosis delays July 31, 2002 (22:07) The Board of the blood bank met in Dublin tonight to discuss the delay in contacting 28 people to inform them that they could have been told about their Hepatitis C diagnosis more than a year before they actually were. The Blood Transfusion Service publicly committed itself to telling the group of 28 as quickly as possible, but seven weeks later they still have not been informed. A spokeswoman for the blood bank declined to comment on tonight's meeting only to say that a meeting with...

Tests reveal CJD blood risk Tests reveal CJD blood risk James Meikle, health correspondentSaturday August 3, 2002The Guardian Scientists say there is "an appreciable risk" of people catching the human form of BSE through blood transfusions, a significant upgrading of the threat posed by the inevitably fatal disease. The results from tests on sheep, seen by the Guardian, suggest the danger is far more serious than first suspected. Previously the risk has been described by the government as "theoretical". One in six animals given blood from infected sheep appear to have caught the disease so far. The experiments by...

Monday, 8 July, 2002, 13:37 GMT 14:37 UK New hope for Aids vaccine Most of the world cannot afford Aids treatments A US biotechnology company has been giving details of a vaccine against Aids, which it hopes could be available by 2005, to delegates attending the International Aids Conference in Barcelona. Q&A: Potential HIV vaccine - click here.The head of VaxGen, Donald Francis, told the meeting the vaccine worked on chimpanzees and said he was optimistic it would also work on humans. Mr Francis said the results of trials on humans would be available next year. I think we...

Agonising wait for treatment By Louella HouldcroftThe Journal A haemophiliac who went on a treatment strike more than two years ago after being turned down for the safest blood products by a North-East hospital has been told it will be at least another six months before he is given the new course. Peter Longstaff, from Jesmond, Newcastle, became infected with HIV and hepatitis C after being given contaminated human blood products on the NHS.He is one of more than 4,500 haemophiliacs across the UK who became infected with one or both of the viruses during the 1970s and 80s...

Inquiry plea to minister May 15 2002By Louella Houldcroft, The Journal Haemophiliacs from the North-East are today due to lobby the Government for a public inquiry into how infected blood products were allowed to be used in the NHS. Haemophilia Action UK, based in Jesmond, together with the Manor House Group from Birmingham, will today meet with Public Health Minister Yvette Cooper. They hope to persuade her to reopen investigations into how 4,500 haemo-philiacs became infected with HIV and hepatitis C. Led by Newcastle's Carol Grayson, whose partner Peter Longstaff is infect- ed with both viruses, the group wants all...

MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA AUGUST 15—AUGUST 20, 1971 American Correctional Association 4321 HARTWICK ROAD COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND 20740 (301) 864-1070 PROCEEDINGS OF THEOne Hundred and First Annual Congress of Correction OF THEAmerican Correctional Association KANSAS PROGRAMS R. J. Gaffney First -- We would not claim in anyway that what is good for Kansas is good for the country or for any other institutions for that matter, Second -- I most would like to state that some of the successful programs that we have implemented are the original thoughts of men sitting right in this room: Warden Paige of Oklahoma, Col....

March 31, 2002 The Times (UK) Online Health: Bugwatch Known as the silent epidemic, hepatitis C is now getting more publicity as it hits the Hollywood A list, says Peta Lee If Pamela Anderson does not look her radiant self of late, then it is hardly surprising. According to reports, the 34-year-old actress is suffering from the hepatitis C virus (HCV), which can lead to a potentially fatal liver disease, and was diagnosed after complaining of typical symptoms, such as nausea, fatigue and diarrhoea. Blaming her ex-husband, Tommy Lee Jones, for passing on the virus through a tattoo needle they...

BBC uesday, 13 November, 2001, 21:37 GMT Closed door mars China Aids meeting First Aids conference: "Point of no return" China has opened its first national conference on Aids and HIV amid accusations of official discrimination against people with Aids. We wanted to attend but could not get an invitation Zhao Yong A group of seven people with Aids who travelled from Dongguan village in the central province of Henan to the capital, Beijing, told the BBC they had been excluded from the conference. A member of the group, Zhao Yong, said it was a great pity they had not...

[Ireland's Minister for Health and Children] Martin and Haemophilia Society to Discuss Tribunal By Joe Humphreys THE IRISH TIMES March 21, 2002 The Minister for Health and Children is to meet the Irish Haemophilia Society today in an effort to reach agreement on the twin issues of compensation for HIV-infected haemophiliacs and the establishment of a new tribunal of inquiry into the infections ahead of the general election.Mr Martin is due to present the society with the heads of a Bill giving effect to a promised revision of a 1991 "no fault" settlement with those infected.He is also to discuss...

IHS meeting with Martin over second blood tribunal Thursday, March 21 2002Filed at: 09:51 PM Irish Haemophilia Society officials have concluded a meeting with the Minister for Health at Leinster House. The meeting with Mícheal Martin concerned the possibility of establishing a second Tribunal to examine the infection of haemophiliacs with HIV via infected blood products. As a result of the meeting, lawyers from the Haemophilia Society and Department of Health are due to meet tomorrow to draft legislation which would allow such haemophiliacs to claim compensation through a Tribunal established to help people with Hepatitis C. The Minister...

Line of Duty Deaths Announcements Unfortunately, emergency responders must sometimes make the ultimate sacrifice in the performance of their job. This section of the Web site is dedicated to announce, honor and memorialize our members that die in the line-of-duty. William Thomas Miller, Jr. Local Number: 786 City, State: Stamford, Connecticut Thursday, September 20, 2001 It is with deepest regret and sorrow that we have to report to you the line-of-duty death of Fire Fighter William Thomas Miller, Jr., IAFF Local 786, Stamford, Connecticut. Brother Miller died yesterday, Wednesday, September 19, 2001, of Hepatitis C. Funeral arrangements will be ...

Wal-Mart to Offer Free Immunizations for Kids, but Some Doctors Skeptical Tuesday, July 31, 2001 If your preschooler does not want to go back-to-school shopping at Wal-Mart, he or she is probably just afraid of the needles. The retailer is teaming with local health officials in 16 states to give free immunizations in Wal-Mart parking lots. Infants, toddlers and preschoolers with records of previous immunizations are eligible for the shots, which will be administered by the health officials. Wal-Mart sees the program as a way to reach children who might otherwise go without immunization. As many as one in ...

Donated blood can be scrubbed free of a range of diseases, such as HIV, by adding a chemical and bathing the blood in a beam of light, a company reported yesterday. The technique, developed by a Californian firm, Cerus, is undergoing clinical trials and could be approved for use in America next year. One chemical, psoralen, is designed to penetrate cells, viruses, bacteria and other pathogens where it seeks out RNA and DNA. When bathed in ultraviolet light for three minutes, the chemical forms a crosslink across the double helix of genetic material, disabling it. Welcome to Cerus Corporation ...