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News
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CDC Announces First Ever National Hepatitis Testing Day and Proposes that All Baby Boomers Be Tested Once for Hepatitis C
May 18, 2012
May 18, 2012
CDC Announces First Ever National Hepatitis Testing Day and Proposes that All Baby Boomers Be Tested Once for Hepatitis C
The CDC has issued draft guidelines proposing that all U.S. baby boomers get tested for the hepatitis C virus (HCV). In the U.S., one in 30 baby boomers has HCV and is unaware of their status.
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Hepatitis C: A silent epidemic (you can help stop on Saturday)
May 17, 2012
May 17, 2012
Hepatitis C: A silent epidemic (you can help stop on Saturday)
A local community article highlighting the need to get tested for hepatitis and the activities of the Philadelphia Department of Public Health for National Hepatitis Testing Day on May 19.
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Raising Awareness of Viral Hepatitis: National Hepatitis Testing Day
May 15, 2012
May 15, 2012
Raising Awareness of Viral Hepatitis: National Hepatitis Testing Day
There is a general lack of appreciation for the prevalence of viral hepatitis in the United States. Spawned from the Department of Health and Human Service’s 2011 report titled “Combating the Silent Epidemic of Viral Hepatitis: Action Plan for the Prevention, Care and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis,” the first annual National Hepatitis Testing Day will take place on May 19, 2012.
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May 19 is National Hepatitis Testing Day
May 15, 2012
May 15, 2012
May 19 is National Hepatitis Testing Day
There are an estimated 58,000 to 85,000 people hepatitis B and hepatitis C in South Carolina. Local health officials will be promoting hepatitis testing on National Hepatitis Testing Day and throughout the summer of 2012.
