https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Italy must pay a total €10 million in compensation to over 350 people who were infected with various viruses through blood transfusions, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. https://www.thelocal.it/20160114/over-350-given-hiv-and-hepatitis-in-italy-transfusion-blunders Thu, 14 Jan 2016 15:08:40 +0100 over-350-given-hiv-and-hepatitis-in-italy-transfusion-blunders A 31-year-old man from Rome allegedly passed on the HIV virus to 29 women after having unprotected sex without telling them he had the disease. https://www.thelocal.it/20160111/rome-hiv-man-infected-29-women Mon, 11 Jan 2016 14:04:35 +0100 rome-hiv-man-infected-29-women A 30-year-old man from Rome has been arrested for allegedly passing on the HIV virus to six women after having unprotected sex without telling them he had the disease. https://www.thelocal.it/20151203/italian-man-with-hiv-arrested-for-infecting-lovers Thu, 03 Dec 2015 13:00:29 +0100 italian-man-with-hiv-arrested-for-infecting-lovers In 2013, 3,608 people in Italy were newly diagnosed with HIV, more than double the amount (1,666) in 2004, according to a report from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). https://www.thelocal.it/20141201/italy-hiv-cases-more-than-double-since-2004 Mon, 01 Dec 2014 17:40:00 +0100 italy-hiv-cases-more-than-double-since-2004 The parents of a four-year-old boy are planning to sue authorities in Padua after the child contracted Hepatitis B from a discarded syringe while playing in a park. https://www.thelocal.it/20140929/boy-5-gets-hepatitis-b-from-discarded-syringe Mon, 29 Sep 2014 18:06:00 +0200 boy-5-gets-hepatitis-b-from-discarded-syringe