Hepatitis Forums

Hepatitis C Main Forums => Hepatitis C Research News & Studies => Topic started by: Hep Editors on October 15, 2018, 11:04:06 am

Title: Hepatitis C Testing Inches Up Among Baby Boomers
Post by: Hep Editors on October 15, 2018, 11:04:06 am
Members of the baby boom generation are increasingly receiving testing for hepatitis C virus (HCV), Healio reports.

Those born between 1945 and 1965 account for the majority of those living with hep C in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently started recommending a onetime test for everyone in this birth cohort, regardless of any other hep C­–related risk factors.

Read more...
https://www.hepmag.com/article/hepatitis-c-testing-inches-among-baby-boomers