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  • Scotland: HIV cases rising in Glasgow

    Source: http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/1...ew_cases_soar/


    Glasgow in grip of "unusual" HIV outbreak as the number of new cases soar
    Evening Times:

    Rachel Loxton, Reporter / 00:03 Monday 31 August 2015 / News

    GLASGOW is in the grip of a HIV outbreak after the number of new cases through drug injection more than trebled in a year.

    NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) usually sees about 10 cases of HIV through drug injection each year. But since the start of this year there have already been 36 cases identified.

    Health workers are concerned about the spike and measures are in place to encourage people not to share needles and to use protection during sexual intercourse...
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