CDC considering recommending Hepatitis C test for baby boomers ...

Posted on May 21, 2012

CNN reports: ?The CDC announced Friday that it is considering recommending Hepatitis C testing for everyone born between 1945 and 1965. Currently the CDC recommends this testing only for those who are at-risk ? people who participated in intravenous drug use or had a blood transfusion before 1992, when screening was implemented.? Read More?>>

?It?s a ?silent epidemic,? an ?unrecognized health crisis,? according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And it?s affecting 2.1 million baby boomers in the United States.?

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