CDC Letter on Hepatitis Testing Day & Hepatitis Awareness Month

CDC Letter on Hepatitis Testing Day & Hepatitis Awareness Month
http://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/Dear_colleague/2012/Dear-colleague-051012-HepatitisAwarenessMonth.pdf
05/15/2012 12:30 PM EDT


May is Hepatitis Awareness Month, and May 19th will be recognized as the first ever Hepatitis Testing Day in the United States. During May, CDC and its public health partners will work to raise awareness of viral hepatitis and encourage testing for those who may be chronically infected. Viral hepatitis is a silent epidemic in the United States because more than 4 million Americans are living with chronic hepatitis B or chronic hepatitis C, and up to 75% don’t know they are infected.