Information about influenza activity in the United States is collected, compiled and analyzed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and published in a report called FluView. CDC has resumed full FluView reporting for the 2015-2016 U.S. flu season and has made a number of refinements to the report this season.

Original title: “CDC resumes weekly flu activity reports - Media Statement”

Beginning with the Oct. 23, 2015, Supplements to Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), CDC will publish the summaries of all notifiable conditions - infectious and noninfectious - at the same time. Together, these two reports provide official statistics for all nationally notifiable conditions in the same MMWR volume.

Original title: “CDC releases combined summary of notifiable infectious, noninfectious diseases - Press Release”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released a redesigned online tool making it easier to search data on foodborne disease outbreaks.

Original title: “CDC launches improved online foodborne outbreak search tool - Media Advisory”

Excessive alcohol use continues to be a drain on the American economy, according to a study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Excessive drinking cost the U.S. $249 billion in 2010, or $2.05 per drink, a significant increase from $223.5 billion, or $1.90 per drink, in 2006.

Original title: “Excessive alcohol use continues to be drain on American economy - Press Release”

CDC's redesigned website Healthy Pets Healthy People provides a wealth of information about zoonotic diseases, illnesses that can spread to people from pets, farm animals, and wildlife.

Original title: “Healthy Pets Healthy People”

Breastfeeding Support Improves in Many U.S. Hospitals

Original title: “Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Breastfeeding Support Improves in Many U.S. Hospitals - Transcript”

Hospitals play a vital role in supporting moms to breastfeed, and that support has improved. The percentage of US hospitals using a majority of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding increased from about 29 percent in 2007 to almost 54 percent in 2013, a nearly two-fold increase in six years.

Original title: “Hospital Support for Breastfeeding”

Hospital support for breastfeeding has improved since 2007, according to the latest CDC Vital Signs report released today. The percentage of U.S. hospitals using a majority of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding increased from approximately 29 percent in 2007 to 54 percent in 2013, a nearly two-fold increase over six years.

Original title: “Breastfeeding Support Improves in Many U.S. Hospitals - Press Release”

Hospital practices in the first hours and days after a birth make the difference in whether and how long babies are breastfed. In the United States, hospital support for breastfeeding has largely improved since 2007, according to the latest CDC Vital Signs report.

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - What more can hospitals do to encourage and support breastfeeding? - Media Advisory”

CDC today launched its redesigned Healthy Pets Healthy People website, with expanded information about diseases people can catch from pets, farm animals, and wildlife. Users can now search alphabetically by animal and learn which zoonotic diseases they may carry.

Original title: “CDC Unveils Redesigned Healthy Pets Healthy People Website - Press Release”

An estimated 70 percent of U.S. middle and high school students who have used a tobacco product in the past 30 days have used at least one flavored tobacco product during this period, according to a study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in today's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).

Original title: “7 in 10 students who currently use tobacco used a flavored product - Press Release”

The total cost of injuries and violence in the United States was $671 billion in 2013, according to two Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWR) released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Original title: “Injuries cost the US $671 billion in 2013 - Press Release”

A human death from rabies is a tragic but rare thing in the United States and most developed nations. It's just as tragic but sadly common in parts of the world where some 3 billion people are at risk of being bitten by a rabid dog.

Original title: “Every 9 Minutes, Someone in the World Dies of Rabies - Press Release”

One in 10 (10.2 percent) pregnant women in the United States ages 18 to 44 years reports drinking alcohol in the past 30 days. In addition, 3.1 percent of pregnant women report binge drinking - defined as 4 or more alcoholic beverages on one occasion.

Original title: “One in 10 pregnant women in the United States reports drinking alcohol - Press Release”

The latest CDC maps detailing the prevalence of adult obesity in the United States based on 2014 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) state and territory-specific data are now available.

Original title: “2014 CDC Maps now available detailing adult obesity prevalence in the US - Media Advisory”

On Saturday, September 26, 2015, the David J. Sencer CDC Museum at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, will open its doors from 10 am to 4 pm, as part of Smithsonian magazine's eleventh annual Museum Day Live! event.

Original title: “David J. Sencer CDC Museum Joins Smithsonian Magazine's National Museum Day Live! - Release”

Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, joined by other leading medical and public health experts, will discuss preparing the public for the coming flu season at a news conference presented by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID). Dr. Frieden will announce final influenza vaccination coverage estimates for the 2014-2015 season.

Original title: “CDC Director, Medical Experts Address 2015-2016 Flu Outlook at NFID News Conference - Media Advisory”

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has released a series of illustrated communication products for organizations that serve Spanish-speaking immigrant workers.

Original title: “Return Home from Work Safely and with Dignity”

In anticipation of Hispanic Heritage Month, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has released a series of illustrated communication products for organizations that serve Spanish-speaking immigrant workers. The family of products, Protéjase en el trabajo (Protect yourself at work), encourages workers to know and exercise their rights to workplace safety.

Original title: “New NIOSH materials for organizations serving immigrant workers - Media Advisory”

In 2013 in the United States, injuries, including all causes of unintentional and violence-related injuries combined, accounted for 59% of all deaths among persons ages 1-44 years of age-that is more deaths than non-communicable diseases and infectious diseases combined.

Original title: “Injuries Cost the U.S. $671 Billion in 2013”