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As of today patients who have had blood transfusions within the last 24 years will be banned from giving blood. The ban comes in amidst fears over the human form of variant Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease (vCJD), the human form of BSE. The move follows medical research that demonstrated a “slight risk” of transmitting the disease through… Read more »
Tony Blair will today unveil plans to investigate the possibility of giving the police new powers to carry out compulsory drugs tests. The prime minister is expected to set out the potential benefits of such a move when he addresses police officers in central London. It is thought that the Home Office has been asked… Read more »
