Hepatitis C a latent legacy of baby boomers' youth
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 00:30
in Health & Medicine
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urges people born between 1945 and 1965 to be tested, noting that roughly 75% of people with the disease are baby boomers.The number of baby boomers dying from a "silent epidemic" of hepatitis C infections is increasing so rapidly that federal officials are planning a new nationwide push for widespread testing.
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