STIs on the rise in Hunter New England, NSW data shows

By Anita Beaumont
Updated September 25 2018 - 4:10pm, first published 6:00am
Get checked: Hunter New England Health clinical director of sexual health, Dr Nathan Ryder, said increased testing was contributing to the rise in STIs, as was changing travel and condom habits. Picture: Marina Neil
Get checked: Hunter New England Health clinical director of sexual health, Dr Nathan Ryder, said increased testing was contributing to the rise in STIs, as was changing travel and condom habits. Picture: Marina Neil

RATES of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have increased in the Hunter, with changes in condom use and international travel likely to be driving the rise, a local sexual health expert says.

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