Cigarette Smoking Overall Among Adults in the U.S. is Down. Entire Infographic "There is encouraging news in this study, but we still have much more work to do to help people quit," said Tim McAfee, M.D., M.P.H., director of the CDC's Office on Smoking and Health. "We can bring down cigarette smoking rates much further, much faster, if strategies proven to work are put in place like funding tobacco control programs at the CDC-recommended levels, increasing prices of tobacco products, implement

Original title: “Adult cigarette smoking rate overall hits all-time low - Press Release”

CDC hosted a media briefing to discuss a new Vital Signs report containing updated estimates on HIV diagnosis, care, and treatment among Americans with HIV.

Original title: “Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - How can increased HIV care and treatment prevent new infections and save lives? - Transcript”

CDC's latest Vital Signs Report finds just 30 percent of the 1.2 million Americans living with HIV have the virus under control. Among those who don't have their virus in check, two-thirds have been diagnosed, but are no longer in care.

Original title: “HIV Stages of Care”

Just 30 percent of Americans with HIV had the virus under control in 2011, and approximately two-thirds of those whose virus was out of control had been diagnosed but were no longer in care, according to a new Vital Signs report published today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Original title: “Only 3 in 10 Americans with HIV have virus in check - Press Release”

CDC will host a media briefing to discuss a new Vital Signs report containing updated estimates on HIV diagnosis, care, and treatment among Americans with HIV.

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - How can increased HIV care and treatment prevent new infections and save lives? - Media Advisory”

Telebriefing: CDC and USAID update on Liberia Ebola Response

Original title: “CDC and USAID update on Liberia Ebola Response - Transcript”

Nine in 10 adults who drink too much alcohol are not alcoholics or alcohol dependent, according to a new study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in collaboration with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

Original title: “Most people who drink excessively are not alcohol dependent - Press Release”

The effort to contain the Ebola epidemic in Liberia is showing preliminary signs of progress in some counties, but maintaining and extending these trends will require sustained efforts, according to three early-release articles in CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) on November 14.

Original title: “CDC Releases New Reports on Ebola Cases in Liberia and the United States - Press Release”

Tanscript for the telebriefing on Eye Health

Original title: “Transcript: CDC Telebriefing: Eye Health - Transcript”

Almost 23 percent of high school students currently use a tobacco product, according to new data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in today's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).

Original title: “Youth tobacco smoking rates putting millions at risk of premature death - Press Release”

Each year, Americans make nearly a million doctor visits for eye infections, resulting in $175 million in direct health care costs, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated in the first study of its kind. Keratitis, an infection of the cornea, causes pain and inflammation and can lead to blindness in severe cases.

Original title: “Nearly one million doctor visits for eye infections annually in US - Press Release”

CDC is releasing the first national estimates of doctor visits and healthcare costs associated with keratitis, an eye condition that can lead to blindness when left untreated.

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing: Eye Health - Media Advisory”

2014 Antibiotics Symposium hosted by National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA)

Original title: “Health Experts to Explore Antibiotic Use In Animals at Symposium - Media Advisory”

United States means residents in most of the country will see fewer mosquitoes and less risk of the diseases they spread. However, the chikungunya outbreak in Caribbean and Central and South American countries continues to spread with no sign of slowing down.

Original title: “Chikungunya outbreak progresses in Caribbean, Central and South America - Press Release”

Telebriefing on the new Vital Signs Report: How can we stop deaths from cervical cancer?

Original title: “Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - How can we stop deaths from cervical cancer? - Transcript”

Infections caused by resistant bacteria have become more common, and many bacteria have become resistant to multiple antibiotics. In fact, each year more than two million people in the United States get infections that are resistant to antibiotics and at least 23,000 people die as a result.

Original title: “Get Smart About Antibiotics Week 2014 - Digital Press Kit”

Despite evidence that cervical cancer screening saves lives, about eight million women ages 21 to 65 years have not been screened for cervical cancer in the past five years, according to a new Vital Signs (www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns) report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than half of new cervical cancer cases occur among women who have never or rarely been screened.

Original title: “Millions of US women are not getting screened for cervical cancer - Press Release”

Despite evidence that cervical cancer screening saves lives, in 2012 about eight million women ages 21 to 65 years had not been screened for cervical cancer in the past five years, according to a new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Original title: “New Vital Signs Report: How can we stop deaths from cervical cancer? - Media Advisory”

CDC hosted a telebriefing on the CDC Ebola Response and Interim Guidance

Original title: “Update: CDC Ebola Response and Interim Guidance - Transcript”

CDC will host a telebriefing on the CDC Ebola Response and Interim Guidance

Original title: “Update: CDC Ebola Response and Interim Guidance: 10-27-2014 - Media Advisory”