In the news today, June 4
Five stories in the news for Monday, June 4
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GROUP CALLS FOR HEP C TESTING OF ALL BABY BOOMERS
New guidelines recommend that all Canadians born between 1945 and 1975 — baby-boomers — be tested for the potentially liver-destroying virus hepatitis C. The Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver published its new guidelines in today’s edition of the Canadian Medical Association Journal. It says more than 250,000 Canadians are believed to be infected with hep C, but 40 to 70 per cent don’t know it because they aren’t showing any symptoms yet.