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Alder Hey organs scandal
The Alder Hey organs scandal involved the unauthorised removal, retention, and disposal of human tissue, including children’s organs was during 1988 to 1995.
The Alder Hey organs scandal involved the unauthorised removal, retention, and disposal of human tissue, including children’s organs was during 1988 to 1995.
Chicago Tylenol murders
The Chicago Tylenol murders occurred when seven people died after taking pain-relief medicine capsules that had been poisoned.
The Chicago Tylenol murders occurred when seven people died after taking pain-relief medicine capsules that had been poisoned.
Elixir sulfanilamide
Elixir sulfanilamide was an improperly prepared sulfanilamide medicine that caused mass poisoning in the United States in 1937.
Elixir sulfanilamide was an improperly prepared sulfanilamide medicine that caused mass poisoning in the United States in 1937.
Gurgaon kidney scandal
The multi-billion rupee Gurgaon kidney scandal came to light in January 2008 when police arrested several people for running a kidney transplant racket in Gurgaon, an industrial township near Ne...
The multi-billion rupee Gurgaon kidney scandal came to light in January 2008 when police arrested several people for running a kidney transplant racket in Gurgaon, an industrial township near Ne...
Health Management Associates (Arkansas company)
Health Management Associates is a defunct Arkansas-based company involved in a blood-management scandal during the 1980's.
Health Management Associates is a defunct Arkansas-based company involved in a blood-management scandal during the 1980's.
Jim (horse)
Jim was a former milk wagon horse who was used to produce serum containing antibodies against diphtheria toxin.
Jim was a former milk wagon horse who was used to produce serum containing antibodies against diphtheria toxin.
Leas Cross scandal
Leas Cross Nursing Home was a nursing home near Swords, Dublin which closed several weeks after Prime Time revealed the sub-standard living conditions there in 2005.
Leas Cross Nursing Home was a nursing home near Swords, Dublin which closed several weeks after Prime Time revealed the sub-standard living conditions there in 2005.
Lyodura
Lyodura was a medical product used in neurosurgery that has been shown to transmit Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a degenerative neurological disorder that is presently incurable, from affected dono...
Lyodura was a medical product used in neurosurgery that has been shown to transmit Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a degenerative neurological disorder that is presently incurable, from affected dono...
Mary Toft
Mary Toft (née Denyer; c. 1701–1763), also spelled Tofts, was an English woman from Godalming, Surrey, who in 1726 became the subject of considerable controversy when she tricked doc...
Mary Toft (née Denyer; c. 1701–1763), also spelled Tofts, was an English woman from Godalming, Surrey, who in 1726 became the subject of considerable controversy when she tricked doc...
MMR vaccine controversy
The MMR vaccine controversy was a case of scientific misconduct which triggered a health scare.
The MMR vaccine controversy was a case of scientific misconduct which triggered a health scare.
Nathaniel St André
Nathaniel St André (c.1680–March 1776) was a Swiss physician who practised in England.
Nathaniel St André (c.1680–March 1776) was a Swiss physician who practised in England.
Pain in babies
Pain in babies, and whether babies feel pain, has been the subject of debate within the medical profession for centuries.
Pain in babies, and whether babies feel pain, has been the subject of debate within the medical profession for centuries.
Stafford Hospital scandal
The Stafford Hospital scandal came to light because of an investigation by the Healthcare Commission into the operation of Stafford Hospital in Stafford, England.
The Stafford Hospital scandal came to light because of an investigation by the Healthcare Commission into the operation of Stafford Hospital in Stafford, England.
Tainted blood scandal (United Kingdom)
Contaminated blood was given to many thousands of people in the United Kingdom during the 1970s and 1980s.
Contaminated blood was given to many thousands of people in the United Kingdom during the 1970s and 1980s.
Toxic cough syrup
Toxic cough syrup refers to a 2007 scandal with Panamanian pharmaceutical manufacturers using diethylene glycol, which they believed to be glycerine, to make cough syrup.
Toxic cough syrup refers to a 2007 scandal with Panamanian pharmaceutical manufacturers using diethylene glycol, which they believed to be glycerine, to make cough syrup.
Walter Reed Army Medical Center neglect scandal
The Walter Reed Army Medical Center neglect scandal resulted from a series of allegations of unsatisfactory conditions and management at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. c...
The Walter Reed Army Medical Center neglect scandal resulted from a series of allegations of unsatisfactory conditions and management at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. c...