1.   A bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Porter Goss to compensate hemophiliacs who contracted AIDS from tainted blood supplies has passed another hurdle.

2.   A settlement to pay compensation to hemophiliacs infected with HIV from tainted blood products, once thought to be near completion, now faces further uncertainty.

3.   Fabius is linked with a scandal over tainted blood supply.

4.   He said there was no indication that tainted blood had escaped the blood center as a result.

5.   Hepatitis B can be transmitted by contact with tainted blood or during sexual relations.

6.   It also can be spread by horseflies that carry tainted blood among animals.

7.   It is unclear how much of the tainted blood makes it into the hospitals, where theoretically it is tested for the virus that causes AIDS.

8.   Johnson is sure he got the HIV virus via heterosexual relationships while Ashe was the victim of a transfusion of tainted blood.

9.   Kubo also said the government is ready to compensate Japanese hemophiliacs who were infected with HIV from tainted blood products.

10.   Mochinaga said he is aware of his own responsibility in the tainted blood fiasco.