CDC Proposes All Baby Boomers Get Tested for Hepatitis C

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced it is issuing draft guidelines proposing that all U.S. baby boomers — defined as individuals born from 1945 to 1965 — get a one-time test for hepatitis C.

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Current CDC guidelines require only people with certain known risk factors be tested for hepatitis C.  The new testing requirement aims to diagnose more people infected with hepatitis C, as studies have shown many baby boomers do not think they are at risk and do not get tested, according to the release.

Click here to read the full story on Becker’s ASC Review on hepatitis C.

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