In the United States, one out of every five adults has a disability, according to a new study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The most common functional disability type was a mobility limitation - defined as serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs -- reported by one in eight adults, followed by disability in thinking and/or memory, independent living, vision, and self-care.

Original title: “CDC: 53 million adults in the US live with a disability - Press Release”

CDC will host a media telebriefing to discuss the latest coverage rate estimates for vaccines recommended for adolescents in the United States.

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing: CDC officials to discuss National Immunization Survey-Teen results - Media Advisory”

When U.S. adults are hospitalized with pneumonia, viruses are more often to blame than bacteria. However, despite current diagnostic tests, neither viruses nor bacteria are detected in the majority of these patients according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released today in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Original title: “New CDC study highlights burden of pneumonia hospitalizations among US adults - Press Release”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released the 2016 edition of "CDC Health Information for International Travel," commonly known as the Yellow Book.

Original title: “CDC Releases 2016 Edition of the Yellow Book - Media Advisory”

The Ebola epidemic that began in West Africa in early 2014 continues today. With more than 27,000 reported Ebola cases and more than 11,000 deaths, the scope has been unprecedented. Equally extraordinary is the scale and duration of the response by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and partners.

Original title: “CDC versus Ebola: The Road to Zero - Press Release”

Transcript for new Vital Signs report: Today's Heroin Epidemic

Original title: “Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: New research reveals the trends and risk factors behind America's growing heroin epidemic - Transcript”

Three out of 4 American adults-including 7 in 10 cigarette smokers-favor raising the minimum age of sale for all tobacco products to 21, according to an article by CDC published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Original title: “Three out of 4 American adults favor making 21 the minimum age of sale for tobacco products - Press Release”

Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels. The greatest increases occurred in demographic groups with historically lower rates of heroin use: doubling among women and more than doubling among non-Hispanic whites. According to CDC's latest Vital Signs report, nearly all people who used heroin in the past year also used at least one other drug.

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - What are the risk factors and trends behind today's heroin epidemic? - Media Advisory”

The new CDC museum exhibit, Resettling in America: Georgia's Refugee Communities, explores the challenges of resettlement and the resiliency of refugees living in metropolitan Atlanta as they build new lives, identities, and a sense of community.

Original title: “New CDC Museum Exhibition Examines Georgia's Refugee Communities - Media Advisory”

The mounting costs of an epidemic of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) among several American Indian tribes in Arizona suggests that prevention and control efforts would be cost effective. A recent study released by experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Indian Health Service (IHS), in partnership with Arizona tribes, describes an estimated $13.2 million in losses linked to the epidemic of RMSF between 2002 and 2011, on two Indian reservations.

Original title: “Prevention and early treatment of RMSF in Arizona may save millions by preventing premature death and disability - Press Release”

Business Pulse: Food Safety, launched today by the CDC Foundation, focuses on how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) fights foodborne diseases to protect American consumers and businesses from contaminated foods.

Original title: “CDC Foundation's New Business Pulse Focuses on Food Safety”

The June 12, 2015, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) includes an article that discusses the increase and the adverse health effects associated with their use.

Original title: “New report shows increase in reported adverse health effects from synthetic cannabinoid use - Media Advisory”

Antibiotic resistance in foodborne germs, an ongoing public health threat, continued to show both positive and challenging trends in 2013, according to human illness data posted online today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Original title: “Antibiotic resistance in foodborne germs is an ongoing threat - Media Advisory”

Sexual violence against children is a significant problem in many low- and middle-income countries. At least 25 percent of females and 10 percent of males experienced some form of childhood sexual violence in the majority of seven countries studied.

Original title: “High rates of sexual violence against children: A global problem - Press Release”

Melanoma rates doubled between 1982 and 2011 but comprehensive skin cancer prevention programs may prevent 20 percent of new cases between 2020 and 2030, according to this month's Vital Signs report.

Original title: “Rates of new melanomas - deadly skin cancers - have doubled over last three decades - Press Release”

Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the U.S., and melanoma is the most deadly form. It affects everyone regardless of skin color and can spread to other parts of the body.

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - What role do communities have in skin cancer prevention efforts? - Media Advisory”

CDC is investigating the unintentional transfer of anthrax from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to labs in multiple states and overseas. At this time we do not suspect any risk to the general public.

Original title: “CDC investigating unintentional DoD shipment of anthrax - Media Statement”

The CDC and the New Jersey Department of Health have confirmed a death from Lassa fever which was diagnosed earlier today in a person returning to the United States from Liberia.

Original title: “Lassa Fever Confirmed in Death of U.S. Traveler Returning from Liberia - Press Release”

An in-depth analysis of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) examines the overall successes and challenges faced by the largest organized cancer screening program in the U.S.

Original title: “Supplement provides comprehensive analysis of national cancer screening program - Media Advisory”

Transcript for the telebriefing on a report the CDC is releasing today on incidents and trends in foodborne disease.

Original title: “Transcript - CDC Telebriefing: CDC data show progress in reducing some foodborne infections in 2014 - Transcript”