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In the 1980's, over 20,000 hemophiliacs were infected with the AIDS and hepatitis viruses due to faulty blood processing. Today, half of these people are dead. In 1997, photographer Kathy MacKay lost her husband to one of these tainted blood transfusions. In the years since, she picked up her camera and joined efforts with fellow New Hampshire resident and journalist, Stacy Millbouer, to document the lives of other hemophiliacs and their families. Their new book, Dying in Vein, takes a look at the blood crisis in America and the corporate and government decisions that lead to devastating results for so many.