House OKs HIV Bill for Hemophiliacs
From Times Wire Reports
The House voted to grant $100,000 each to hemophilia sufferers who contracted the HIV virus in the 1980s because of tainted blood supplies. The measure provides $750 million for the roughly 7,200 hemophiliacs who came down with the AIDS-causing virus after receiving contaminated blood-clotting products. The grants go to the families of those who are deceased. About half of all American hemophiliacs were infected with HIV before protections were put in place.
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