Victims in Britain have finally gained a measure of justice – elsewhere the fight has had varying outcomesOn Monday, infected blood victims in the UK finally felt they had obtained a measure of justice and closure, nearly 50 years after the scandal began. Yet questions remain over the compensation scheme and whether criminal charges will be brought....

Stuart Bolitho on why his life is still a ticking timebomb, more than 30 years after he was given contaminated blood, Marjorie Haynes on her father, who she believes died from Aids in the days before blood was tested, and Christine Hancock on a warning that wasn’t heededOn Monday, I learned that 33 years after I was given a contaminated blood transfusion,...

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...