Interesting news from the CDC today — they are now officially recommending all members of the Post War Generation should get a one-time test for the hepatitis C virus to help avert major increases in liver disease.
According to the CDC, one in 30 baby boomers – the generation born from 1945 through 1965 – has been infected with hepatitis C, and most don’t know it. Hepatitis C causes serious liver diseases, including liver cancer (the fastest-rising cause of cancer-related deaths), and is the leading cause of liver transplants in the United States.
The final recommendations are published in today’s issue of CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
