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@HemoJourno

I am a journalist with an interest in #hemophilia, #bleedingdisorders and #taintedblood. RTs are not endorsements.

Joined January 2018
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Surviving #hemophilia, a roadtrip through the world of healthcare, by Cees Smit
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Guilt and anger surface as infected blood inquiry hears evidence, by @owenbowcott theguardian.com/uk-news/2020… via @guardian @CampaignTB #TaintedBlood
Guilt and anger surface as infected blood inquiry hears evidence

Guilt and anger surface as infected blood inquiry hears evidence

Some victims’ diagnosis of HIV and hepatitis C was withheld for years, hearing told

theguardian.com
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Unspeakable was the best show I watched all year. Riveting, heartbreaking & informative. #Unspeakable #Heartbreaking #ActivismWorks #DoNotRepeatHistory
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#Hemophilia three times more likely than thought, Canadian study finds ctvnews.ca/health/hemophilia… via @CTV_News

Hemophilia three times more common than thought, study finds

A new study led by researchers from McMaster University has found that hemophilia, a rare genetic disease, is three times more common than previously thought.

ctvnews.ca
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More than 50 boys at a school for children with disabilities were infected with #HIV after being secretly enrolled in a trial of "polluted" blood products, UK inquiry hears news.sky.com/story/dozens-of… via @CampaignTB @HemoJourno #hemophilia #taintedblood

Dozens of schoolboys infected with HIV after secret blood trial, inquiry hears

Just 16 of the boys who were infected during the trial are still alive.

news.sky.com
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Canadian Blood Services warns of imminent shortage of take-home immune globulin drug, by @kellygrant1 theglobeandmail.com/canada/a… via @globeandmail

Canadian Blood Services warns of imminent shortage of take-home immune globulin drug

It is one of the most widely used medications made from human plasma.

theglobeandmail.com
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Why one Canadian boy is being treated with drugs that cost $6-million a year despite a better, cheaper alternative, by @kellygrant1 theglobeandmail.com/canada/a… via @globeandmail #hemophilia #Hemlibra
Why one Nova Scotia boy is being treated with drugs that cost $6-million a year despite a better,...

Why one Nova Scotia boy is being treated with drugs that cost $6-million a year despite a better,...

Last summer, Health Canada approved a hemophilia drug called Hemlibra that has the potential to change Callum Guthrie’s life – but gaining access to it is proving to be an uphill battle

theglobeandmail.com
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#NoMoreManels
Mary Cushman 🫀🧠🩸 (@MaryCushmanMD) profile pictureMary Cushman 🫀🧠🩸@MaryCushmanMD1 Apr 2019
No aspersions to these accomplished individuals but .... I’d love to go to Athens for this thrombosis and hemostasis conference EMLTD, but these days the ‘white men only’ keynote speaker slate, as amazing as they all are, is a turnoff. #hemetwitter #WomeninMedicine #NoMoreManels
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Unspeakable, the story of the Canadian #taintedblood scandal, premieres tonight in the U.S. on @SundanceTV yvrscreenscene.com/home/2019… via @UnspeakableCBC @UnspeakableTV

‘Unspeakable’ explores the worst public health disaster in Canadian history — YVR Screen Scene

“It was a slow-moving disaster”

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Congrats to Robert Cooper for "UNSPEAKABLE," the fabulous 8-part mini-series about Canada's #taintedblood scandal. You can stream it here: watch.cbc.ca/season/unspeaka… @UnspeakableTV @UnspeakableCBC
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BTW, "Unspeakable" will be broadcast in the U.S. in early April on Sundance TV.
Tonight: Over the early 90's, victims of tainted blood begin to come forward and pressure the government with lawsuits in an all new episode of #UnspeakableCBC directed by Sarah Wayne Callies
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Watch the latest episode of #UnspeakableCBC on CBC Gem now watch.cbc.ca/media/unspeakab…
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Tonight on an all new #UnspeakableCBC: In 1987, hemophiliacs untouched by AIDS believe blood products are safe. But one company's heat-treating process proves flawed and seven more people, five of them children, are infected
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With his son's life hanging in the balance, Will Sanders desperately fights to get those in charge of blood safety to heed the danger. Watch the latest episode of #UnspeakableCBC on CBC gem now watch.cbc.ca/media/unspeakab…
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In 1982, two families, the Sanders, and the Landrys are badly shaken when they learn that a mysterious deadly disease called AIDS is threatening the blood system. Watch the series premiere of #UnspeakableCBC on CBC Gem now watch.cbc.ca/media/unspeakab…
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They Thought #Hemophilia Was a ‘Lifelong Thing.’ They May Be Wrong. Experimental gene therapies have yielded promising results in early trials, by @ginakolata nytimes.com/2018/08/13/healt… via @NYThealth
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