HIV scare in MP: 4 children test positive; how contaminated blood transfusions can spread the virus

Four thalassemia-affected children aged 12–15 tested HIV positive at a district hospital in Madhya Pradesh, with contaminated ...
India Today on MSN

HIV infections in thalassaemic kids expose deep cracks in India's blood banking system

As six children in Satna test HIV-positive, doctors and activists warn of a nationwide failure demanding urgent blood banking ...
Chattanooga Times Free Press

CDC says it's identified 1st documented cases of HIV transmitted through cosmetic needles

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Three women who were diagnosed with HIV after getting “vampire facial” procedures at an unlicensed New Mexico medical spa are believed to be the first documented cases of ...
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Tragic Transmission: Thalassemia Patients Contract HIV via Contaminated Transfusions

In Madhya Pradesh's Satna, six children with thalassemia tested positive for HIV, likely contracted through contaminated ...
Live Science

HIV/AIDS: Facts about the viral infection that attacks the immune system

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a germ that causes a lifelong infection that slowly weakens the immune system. Though the infection is lifelong, medicines can keep the virus in check and help ...