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New recommendations urge doctors to prescribe a daily prevention pill to people at high risk of HIV infection. Studies show Truvada cuts the chances that someone who’s still healthy becomes infected from risky sex or injection drug use. But with nearly 40,000 new HIV infections each year in the U.S., only a fraction of people […]

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionContaminated blood inquiry: “We watched them all die” A man who is one of six brothers all infected by contaminated blood has told how four of his siblings died. Giving evidence to the inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal, John Cornes said he was infected with Hepatitis

Jen Wight lived in fear of mental illness after her elder sister, Jo, was sectioned when they were teenagers. But by the age of 36 she had a good job, was happily married and had just given birth to a healthy baby. It seemed that she had been worrying for no reason. People always said

Jackie Tomkinson is clear what she wants from the Infected Blood Inquiry – justice. Her husband David, a haemophiliac, died of Aids after contracting HIV through contaminated blood products supposed to help his condition. Mrs Tomkinson and her daughter Rebecca, of Otley in West Yorkshire, have submitted evidence to the inquiry, which could last more

Image caption A wave of Australian nurses have been lured to Aberdeen Almost 100 Australian nurses could be working in hospitals in the north east of Scotland by the end of the year after a successful recruitment drive to tackle shortages. Some – mainly graduate nurses – have already arrived in Aberdeen from Western Australia,

When states legalize pot for all adults, long-standing medical marijuana programs take a big hit, in some cases losing more than half their registered patients in just a few years, according to a data analysis by The Associated Press. Much of the decline comes from consumers who, ill or not, had medical cards in their

Scotland’s first recovery village offers a rehabilitation programme to people dealing with addiction issues. The River Garden, based in Auchicruive estate in Ayrshire, is also run as a social community initiative. Stonemason Alex says he hopes to progress to working as a member of staff. This report is part of the BBC’s Crossing Divides, a

When states legalize pot for all adults, long-standing medical marijuana programs take a big hit, in some cases losing more than half their registered patients in just a few years, according to a data analysis by The Associated Press. Much of the decline comes from consumers who, ill or not, got medical cards in their

A hospital nurse doing a 220-mile challenge to swim the length of the River Severn says it is hard but worth it. Melissa Compton, a 39-year-old intensive care worker at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, has set herself a three-week target to complete the feat. On Monday, she spent six hours in the water, swimming from Montford

A move to an “opt-out” system for organ donation in Scotland is to be voted on by MSPs later. At present, people must “opt in” by registering to donate their organs for transplants after they die. Under the new system it will be assumed people were in favour of donation unless they have stated otherwise.