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- May 18, 2012 | USA Today
CDC urges Boomers to get tested for hepatitis C
For the first time, the CDC is recommending that all baby boomers should get tested for hepatitis C.
Read Article > - May 18, 2012 | Chicago Tribune
All baby boomers should get hepatitis C test-CDC
The CDC issued recommendations that all members of the U.S. baby boomer population be tested for hepatitis C, regardless of the absence of symptoms. One in thirty of those born between 1945 and 1965 are thought to carry the "silent" disease.
Read Article > - May 18, 2012 | Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Hepatitis Awareness Month and National Hepatitis Testing Day – May 2012
This issue of the MMWR exlpores Hepatitis Awareness Month and National Hepatitis Testing Day; an investigation of viral hepatitis infections possibly associated with healthcare delivery in New York City; and several cases of outbreaks of viral hepatitis related to the monitoring of blood glucose among residents of assisted living facilities in Virginia.
Read Article > - May 17, 2012 | Philadelphia Inquirer
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.
Read Article > - May 15, 2012 | Public Health Reports, Surgeon General’s Perspectives
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.
Read Article > - May 15, 2012 | The Times and Democrat (Orangeburg, SC)
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.
Read Article > - May 14, 2012 | blog.AIDS.gov
May 19 Is Hepatitis Testing Day
This blog article recognizing May 19 as Hepatitis Testing Day in the United States and highlights useful tools for dissemination (i.e., CDC risk assessment tool, Know More Hepatitis Campaign, etc.).
Read Article > - May 12, 2012 | Annals of Internal Medicine
Reactivation of Hepatitis B During Immunosuppressive Therapy: Potentially Fatal Yet Preventable
Reactivation of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is found to varying degrees in those receiving immunosuppressive therapy, chemotherapy for hematologic cancer, treatment of solid tumors, antirejection treatment, long-term corticosteroid therapy and tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitors.
Read an extract > - May 03, 2012 | blog.AIDS.gov
Raising Awareness of Hepatitis B In the Asian and Pacific Islander Communities
Dr. Howard Koh, Assistant Secretary for Health at the Department of Health and Human Services, sheds light on the disproportionate burden of viral hepatitis among the Asian American and Pacific Islander population in the United States. As May is Hepatitis Awareness Month, Dr. Koh discusses the commitment to address this disparity, and the threat of hepatitis, nationwide.
Read Article > - May 02, 2012 | Los Angeles Times
Hepatitis C a latent legacy of baby boomers' youth
Baby boomers – those born between 1945 and 1965 – are strongly encouraged to get tested for Hepatitis C. The month of May is Hepatitis Awareness Month and the CDC indicates this target population is most at-risk of carrying the disease.
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