Discuss the change in these guidelines, who is at risk, and the ramifications for individuals who contract hepatitis C and are not identified and treated.

Both the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that all “baby boomers” — people born from 1945 through 1965 — get a hepatitis C test.

Discuss the change in these guidelines, who is at risk, and the ramifications for individuals who contract hepatitis C and are not identified and treated.