CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing spread of Zika virus?. Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Montserrat. CDC has issued travel notices (level 2, "practice enhanced precautions") for people traveling to destinations with Zika.

Original title: “CDC adds Montserrat to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus - Media Statement”

The number of potentially preventable deaths - premature deaths that could have been avoided - declined from 2010 to 2014 for three of the five leading causes of death in the Unites States, CDC researchers estimate.

Original title: “CDC estimates preventable deaths from 5 leading causes - Press Release”

Obesity among low-income children (ages 2-4 years) enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) decreased from 15.9 percent in 2010 to 14.5 percent in 2014.

Original title: “CDC Reports Improvement in Childhood Obesity among Young Children Enrolled in WIC - Media Statement”

Obesity among low-income children (aged 2-4 years) enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) decreased from 15.9 percent in 2010 to 14.5 percent in 2014.

Original title: “CDC Reports Improvement in Childhood Obesity among Young Children Enrolled in WIC - Press Release”

CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing spread of Zika virus?. Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Palau. CDC has issued travel notices (level 2, "practice enhanced precautions") for people traveling to destinations with Zika.

Original title: “CDC adds Palau to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus - Media Statement”

CDC hosted a telebriefing for Vital Signs on cancer and tobacco use.

Original title: “New Vital Signs Report - Cancer and Tobacco Use - Transcript”

Forty percent of cancers diagnosed in the U.S. may have a link to tobacco use, according to this month's Vital Signs Report. Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of cancer and cancer deaths. It causes more than lung cancer - based on current evidence, it can cause cancers of the mouth and throat, voice box, esophagus, stomach, kidney, pancreas, liver, bladder, cervix, colon and rectum, and a type of leukemia (acute myeloid leukemia).

Original title: “Cancers linked to tobacco use make up 40% of all cancers diagnosed in the United States - Press Release”

Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of cancer and cancer deaths. Cancers linked to tobacco use make up 40% of all cancers diagnosed.

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - What can be done to help prevent smokers and nonsmokers from getting more than 12 cancers associated with tobacco use and secondhand smoke? - Media Advisory”

Thirteen cases of Candida auris (C. auris), a serious and sometimes fatal fungal infection that is emerging globally, have been identified in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Original title: “First cases of Candida auris reported in United States - Press Release”

About 1 in 10 babies are born preterm, or before completing the normal 37 to 40 weeks of pregnancy. These babies miss out on the important growth and development that happens in the final weeks. Preterm birth is a leading cause of infant mortality.

Original title: “National Prematurity Awareness Month: Celebrating Successes and Taking Action - Media Statement”

The first annual global One Health Day will be held Thursday, November 3, to raise awareness worldwide about the One Health concept, which recognizes that the health of people is connected to the health of animals and the environment.

Original title: “First annual One Health Day highlights link between people's health and animals, environment - Media Advisory”

CDC continues to support local efforts to prevent new infections of Zika in Miami-Dade County. To see the latest situation firsthand, Dr. Frieden traveled to Miami on Tuesday, October 25.

Original title: “CDC, Miami-Dade and Miami Beach collaborate and make progress on better understanding and stopping the Zika outbreak - Media Statement”

"Business Pulse: Tobacco Use", launched today by the CDC Foundation, focuses on how employers can improve employee health by reducing tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke.

Original title: “CDC Foundation's New Business Pulse Focuses on Reducing Tobacco Use - Media Advisory”

Transcript and audio recording of World Polio Day Press Conference

Original title: “Transcript for CDC Press Conference: Can polio be eradicated despite recent setbacks? - Transcript”

The world is at the brink of a historic moment: eradication of polio, one of the most feared scourges of humanity; yet, recent setbacks threaten this long-awaited achievement. On World Polio Day, CDC and Rotary will co-host a live media briefing at CDC to highlight historic progress-the fewest polio cases in the fewest places in history-and outline what is needed to achieve a polio-free world.

Original title: “Can polio be eradicated despite recent setbacks? - Media Advisory”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to work with Florida health officials to investigate new cases of locally transmitted Zika virus infection in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Original title: “CDC updates guidance related to local Zika transmission in Miami-Dade County, Florida - Press Release”

CDC hosted a telebriefing for Vital Signs on dental sealants.

Original title: “New Vital Signs Report - Dental Sealants Prevent Cavities - Transcript”

Dental cavities are one of the most common chronic conditions among children and teens. Left untreated, cavities can cause pain and infection and problems in eating, speaking, and learning.

Original title: “New CDC Vital Signs: Dental Sealants Prevent Cavities - Digital Press Kit”

Research shows dental sealants to shield the back teeth could prevent up to 80 percent of cavities in school-aged children. They are quick, easy, and painless to apply - yet according to a new CDC Vital Signs, about 60 percent of school children ages 6-11 years don't get dental sealants.

Original title: “School dental-sealant programs could prevent most cavities, lower treatment costs in vulnerable children - Press Release”

According to the new Vital Signs report, dental sealants prevent 80% of cavities in school-age children, particularly for the back teeth, where 9 in 10 cavities occur. About 60% of children ages 6-11 don't get dental sealants.

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Media Advisory”