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Twelve test positive for hepatitis B and C

As state Sen. Kemp Hannon prepares to convene a hearing Thursday on the Dr. Harvey Finkelstein case, patients of the Dix Hills physician continue to stream into Nassau County clinics to be tested for blood-borne infections.

As of Wednesday, six of 119 Finkelstein patients tested in the past few weeks were positive for hepatitis B, and six have been found with hepatitis C, according to the...

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