Health Officials Recommend Baby Boomers Test for Hep C

Red River Radio | By Chuck Smith

Published July 31, 2017 at 11:21 AM CDT

WORLD HEPATITIS DAY: Hepatitis “C” is an infection that attacks the liver quietly for decades often without symptoms. Today is World Hepatitis Day and health officials are using it as a reminder for people to consider testing for the disease. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that if you’re a Baby Boomer, born between 1945 and 1965, you should get tested for Hepatitis C. State Health officials explain that many Americans have the potentially life-threatening disease and don't even know it. To learn more about Hepatitis C and other forms of this disease, go to the website:
http://worldhepatitisday.org/en

Hepatitis comes in many forms and is transmitted in different ways.

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Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' broadcast and media experience to Red River Radio. He began his career as a radio news reporter and transitioned to television journalism and newsmagazine production. Chuck studied mass communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.

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