<span style="color: #222222;">In the United Kingdom, a public inquiry into a contaminated blood scandal dating back decades which left at least 2,400 people dead began today. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">  </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The long-awaited probe will consider the treatment of thousands of people with haemophilia who contracted hepatitis C and HIV after receiving blood transfusions, mainly from the United States, through the state National Health Service (NHS) in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.It will consider "whether there have been attempts to conceal details of what happened" through the destruction of documents or withholding of information</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Prime Minister Theresa May announced the inquiry last year, saying the episode was "a tragedy that has caused immeasurable hardship and pain for all those affected".</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />