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Children used as 'guinea pigs' in clinical trials
They were given infected blood products in trials without their knowledge, the BBC has found.
Boy, 7, died from Aids after doctor ignored rules
What is the infected blood scandal and how many people died?
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Health
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11 hours ago
Why a deluge of Chinese-made drugs is hard to curb
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Business
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9 hours ago
Give vape-addicted kids nicotine patches – report
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Wales
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1 day ago
Sweden votes to lower age to change legal gender to 16
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Europe
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1 day ago
Scotland's under-18s gender clinic pauses puberty blockers
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Scotland
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11 hours ago
Arm skin patch could warn of organ rejection
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Health
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3 days ago
Legalise abortions in first trimester, German commission says
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Europe
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3 days ago

Features & Analysis

The mega-pastor pushing anti-vaccine conspiracy theories
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Africa
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1 day ago
Trafficked war babies of El Salvador search for their long-lost families
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Latin America
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6 days ago
Paxman: Parkinson's makes you wish you'd not been born
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UK
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7 days ago
'The NHS paid for my mum to go private. She died'
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UK
Posted
8 April
What to do if your eyes hurt after the eclipse
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US & Canada
Posted
9 April

Watch/Listen

Can health secretary name NHS trusts performing well? Video, 00:01:59
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UK Politics
Posted
11 April
'I embrace my alopecia, but I’d love my old hair back’ Video, 00:01:39
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Scotland
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3 March
Sunak reveals he fasts at beginning of the week. Video, 00:01:13
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UK Politics
Posted
29 January
'There are loads of people that vape at school' Video, 00:01:12
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Scotland
Posted
29 January
UK Covid inquiry comes to Scotland… in 90 seconds. Video, 00:01:29
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Scotland
Posted
16 January

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