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- May 22, 2012 | U.S. News & World Report
Hepatitis C Causing Liver Damage in Greater Numbers: Study
Highlights the findings of a recent study that highlights the high risk of liver disease among the "baby boomer" generation, which currently account for 82% of Hepatitis C patients in the U.S.
Read Article > - May 21, 2012 | Detroit Free Press
CDC urges baby boomers get tested for hepatitis C
Discusses the CDC's recent recommendations that encourage testing for U.S. adults born between 1945 and 1965, the birth cohort seen as the most at-risk, for hepatitis.
Read Article > - May 19, 2012 | Yahoo News
CDC Recommends Baby Boomers Get Tested for Hepatitis C
Information about the CDC's recent recommendation for a one-time hepatitis testing for all U.S. adults born between 1945-1965. The article includes a list of "Frequently Asked Questions."
Read Article > - May 18, 2012 | CDC Press Release
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.
Read Article > - May 18, 2012 | Wall Street Journal
U.S. Suggests All Baby Boomers Should Get Tested for Hepatitis C
Information about the CDC's proposed guidelines that all "baby boomers" get tested for hepatitis, citing that 800,000 of those born between 1945 and 1965 could have contracted the virus and show little or no signs.
Read Article > - May 18, 2012 | Bloomberg Businessweek
Test All Baby Boomers for Hepatitis C, CDC Urges
Discusses the CDC's recommendations for the entire "baby boomer" generation to get tested for the hepatitis C virus.
Read Article > - May 18, 2012 | CNN
CDC considering recommending Hepatitis C test for boomers
CNN calls attention to the CDC's recently-released hepatitis testing recommendations in order to address what they call a "silent epidemic" and an "unrecognized health crisis."
Read Article > - 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.
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