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“For my baby boomers who have yet to get tested for hepatitis C.”
From Baby Boomers Get an 'F' for Hep C Testing
WEDNESDAY, March 8, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Despite recommendations, too few American baby boomers are tested for hepatitis C, a new study reveals.
In 2013, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) advised all Americans born between 1945 and 1965 to get a one-time test for hepatitis C virus.
"Prevalence of [hepatitis C virus] testing among baby boomers did not substantially increase and remains low two years after the USPSTF recommendation in 2013," Ahmedin Jemal of the American Cancer Society's surveillance and health services research program, and colleagues reported.
Of the estimated 3.5 million Americans who have the virus, 80 percent are baby boomers. And most don't know they are infected with the contagious liver disease, the researchers explained.
Treatment is needed to reduce the risk of related diseases, such as chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and liver cancer, the study authors added.
For this study, the investigators analyzed data from nearly 24,000 baby boomers who took part in a government health survey.
The researchers found that hepatitis C testing rates increased from 12.3 percent in 2013 to 13.8 percent in 2015.
There were approximately 76 million baby boomers in the United States in 2015, and only 10.5 million said they had been tested for hepatitis C.
Insurance played a role in testing, the findings showed. Patients with Medicare plus Medicaid, Medicaid only, or military insurance had higher rates of hepatitis C virus testing than those with private insurance. Rates were also higher in men than women, and among college graduates.
"These findings underscore the need for increased awareness for [hepatitis C virus] testing among health care providers and baby boomers, and other innovative strategies such as state-mandated [hepatitis C] testing," the researchers said in an American Cancer Society news release.
Hepatitis C is spread primarily through contact with the blood of an infected person.
Before widespread screening of the U.S. blood supply began in 1992, blood transfusions were a common source of hepatitis C infection, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Today, infection likely occurs from sharing injection needles, being born to an infected mother or, in some cases, through sexual contact.
The report was published March 8 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
“Today is National Wome and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Learn about how women and girls are affected by HIV/AIDS.”
From National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD) is March 10. Learn how HIV affects women and girls in the United States and how women can protect themselves.
HIV remains a significant health issue for women and adolescent girls, with more than 280,000 women living with HIV in the United States. In 2014, an estimated 8,328 women aged 13 and older were diagnosed with HIV. The majority of these diagnoses can be attributed to heterosexual sex.
Black/African American* and Hispanic/Latina** women continue to be disproportionately affected by HIV. Among all US women in 2014,
Nevertheless, we are making progress in the fight against HIV among women. From 2005 to 2014, new HIV diagnoses declined 40% among all women and even more (42%) among black women. And for black women newly diagnosed with HIV, the percentage linked to HIV medical care increased 48% from 2012 to 2014.
The National HIV/AIDS Strategy has set goals to reduce new HIV infections even more. One goal is to make sure more people diagnosed with HIV achieve viral suppression (keeping their virus under control and at a level that greatly lowers their risk of transmitting HIV to a partner). Another focus is to increase the use of daily medicines to prevent HIV, called pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). If we reach the US targets for testing and treatment and expand the use of PrEP, we could prevent an estimated 185,000 new HIV infections by 2020—a 70 percent decrease in new infections among the population as a whole. Everyone has a role to play in helping us get there.
Start talking. Learn the facts about HIV, and share this lifesaving information with your family, friends, and community. Let's Stop HIV Together, part of Act Against AIDS, has many resources for raising awareness about HIV and includes many video testimonials from people living with HIV.
Start Doing It – getting tested for HIV. Knowing your HIV status gives you powerful information to help keep you and your partner healthy. If you are pregnant or planning to become pregnant, get an HIV test as soon as possible.
Protect yourself and your partner. Today, more tools than ever are available to prevent HIV. You can
Get treated. If you are HIV-positive, start medical care and begin taking medicines to treat HIV, called antiretroviral therapy (ART), as soon as possible. If taken the right way every day, these medicines reduce the amount of HIV (viral load) in the blood and elsewhere in the body to very low levels, called viral suppression. They can even reduce the viral load to such a low level that it is undetectable. Being virally suppressed or having an undetectable viral load is good for an HIV-positive person's overall health. It also greatly reduces the chance of transmitting the virus to a partner. If you are pregnant, taking HIV medicines throughout your pregnancy can greatly lower the HIV risk for your baby. Learn more about how you can live well with HIV.
You can learn more about how to protect yourself and your partners and get information tailored to meet your needs from CDC's new HIV Risk Reduction Tool (BETA).