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Test Baby Boomers for Hepatitis C, Says CDC – iVillage Entertainment
FRIDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wants all Americans born between 1945 and 1965 — the baby boom generation — tested for hepatitis C. Most cases of the potentially deadly disease occur in this age group, and most were infected in their teens and 20s and don’t [...]
READ MORE »Boomers urged to get tested for virus – San Francisco Chronicle
Bay Area health advocates and doctors welcomed the recommendations by federal health officers Friday that all Baby Boomers get tested for the liver-destroying virus hepatitis C. The draft recommendations issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called for anyone born between 1945 and 1965 to get a one-time blood test for the [...]
READ MORE »Baby boomers asked to check for hepatitis C – Utica Observer Dispatch
For the first time, the government is proposing that all baby boomers get tested for hepatitis C. Anyone born from 1945 to 1965 should get a one-time blood test to see if they have the liver-destroying virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in draft recommendations issued Friday. Baby boomers account for more [...]
READ MORE »Hepatitis C tests recommended for baby boomers – Las Vegas Review – Journal
ATLANTA – For the first time, the government is proposing that all baby boomers get tested for hepatitis C. Anyone born from 1945 to 1965 should get a one-time blood test to see whether they have the liver-destroying virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in draft recommendations Friday. Baby boomers account [...]
READ MORE »Boomers need test, CDC says – Columbia Daily Tribune
Advertisement ATLANTA (AP) — For the first time, the government is proposing that all baby boomers get tested for hepatitis C. Anyone born from 1945 to 1965 should get a one-time blood test to see if they have the [...]
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