Increased Drug Use Leading to More HIV, Hep C Cases – Seacoast Online

Read article - Quotes Tim Lahey, associate professor of medicine, medical education, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about a recent Health Action Network alert that confirmed that infected needles are causing an increase in diseases like HIV and Hepatitis C. "New Hampshire tracks new HIV diagnoses and we are seeing a huge uptick this year in cases that are directly related to drug use," says Lahey. "It should be a call to action."