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Abigail Blythe Batton/Staff Correspondent Dr. Mary Lane with the Cherokee County Health Department wants people to be screened for hepatitis C.

Abigail Blythe Batton/Staff Correspondent Dr. Mary Lane with the Cherokee County Health Department wants people to be screened for hepatitis C.

Hepatitis C rates up among young adults

Body Up until recently, the bulk of hepatitis C infections belonged to Baby Boomers, those born from 1945-65. In fact, 75 percent of all hepatitis C infections belong to this population.