Brian Langstaff’s report has opened the door. We will keep fighting to bring those responsible to justiceAndy Evans is the chair of the Tainted Blood campaign groupFinally, people know we’re not conspiracy theorists. We’re not raving mad, and we haven’t been barking up the wrong tree. “Go away, live your lives, it was all a mistake,” is a refrain we...

It was both moving and onerous that she trusted me with important decisions, and I treasure her observation that our relationship never felt transactionalBy the time most people read this, the funeral of my longest-living patient will probably be over.We first met when I was pregnant and she found out she had cancer. You might think that the juxtaposition...

In 2010, Mexico led the way, followed by Ecuador, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Argentina and ColombiaWhat are those weird ingredients in our favorite packaged foods?Candy lines every inch of the mercado de dulces in Mexico City’s historic center. Tantalizing strawberry-flavored chocolates and Tajín-covered mango gummies pack the narrow aisles of the meandering...

Communities around the Pueblo Viejo mine complain of serious health problems and a diminished environment and have spent years campaigning to be relocatedIn the shadow of El Llagal, a tailings dam that holds waste from one of the world’s largest goldmines in the Dominican Republic, sits the home of Casilda Lima. The roof is corrugated iron and the walls...

Minister lays out details day after damning report found NHS and government culpable for scandalInfected blood scandal compensation details – latest updatesAn estimated multibillion pound scheme to compensate UK victims of the contaminated blood scandal and their families by the end of the year has been announced, the day after a damning report found...

Victims and families have praised former high court judge for his compassion, and willingness to hold those in power to accountA lawyer might seem an unlikely hero, but for many infected blood victims that’s exactly how they see the author of the public inquiry’s damning final report, Sir Brian Langstaff.The former high court judge was appointed chair...