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Europe-wide surge in measles cases
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Hotline for clinic patients at risk from HIV
A hotline has been set up to help people who are worried that they might have contracted HIV and Hepatitis C after it was discovered that a clinic in Las Vegas had been reusing syringes and vials.
The Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada has now been served with an emergency suspension of its business license after concerns that up to 40,000 people may have been exposed to the infectious diseases.
A national leading preventative healthcare company, GHI Medical, has set up an emergency hotline to help people get tested.
"Our advanced testing infrastructure provides us the ability to act quickly so that we can help people when serious medical problems such as this affect our nation," said Scott Gostyla, chief executive of GHI Medical.
Commenting on the potential infections, Dr Julie Gerberding, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said: "This is the largest number of patients that have ever been contacted for a blood exposure in a health-care setting. But unfortunately we have seen other large-scale situations where similar practices have led to patient exposures."
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