A new report from the Iowa Department of Public Health shows cases of Hepatitis C have shot up in Iowa.  The Health Department’s Randy Mayer oversees the bureau which tracks the disease.

 

The number of cases in Iowa went from 754 in 2000 to 22-hundred 35 cases in 2015. Mayer says Baby Boomers — those born between 1945 and 1965 — make up one group that has the most positive tests.

 

Mayer says people are at high risk for liver complications if they don’t get diagnosed.  He says Hepatitis C can be treated and he says they are now stressing the importance of Baby Boomers getting tested.