Heroin deaths increased sharply in many states, according to a report of death certificate data from 28 states published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in this week's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Original title: “Heroin overdose deaths increased in many states through 2012 - Press Release”

CDC will host a telebriefing to update the investigation of the first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States.

Original title: “CDC update on first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States - Media Advisory”

CDC hosted a telebriefing to update the investigation of the first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States.

Original title: “CDC update on first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States, 10-02-2014 - Transcript”

Ten experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - supported 24/7 by the CDC's full Emergency Operations Center and Ebola experts in CDC's Atlanta headquarters - have arrived in Texas and are working closely with Texas state and local health departments to investigate the first Ebola case in the United States.

Original title: “CDC Team Assisting Ebola Response in Dallas, Texas - Press Release”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed today, through laboratory tests, the first case of Ebola to be diagnosed in the United States in a person who had traveled to Dallas, Texas from West Africa.

Original title: “CDC and Texas Health Department Confirm First Ebola Case Diagnosed in the U.S. - Press Release”

CDC will host a media briefing on confirming first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States.

Original title: “CDC Confirms First Ebola Case Diagnosed in the United States - Media Advisory”

CDC hosted a media briefing on confirming first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States.

Original title: “CDC Press Conference: CDC Confirms First Ebola Case Diagnosed in the United States - Transcript”

The Ebola outbreak in Nigeria appears to be nearing a possible end thanks to a rapid response coordinated by Nigeria's Emergency Operations Center with assistance from international partners, including the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Original title: “Ebola outbreak is nearing possible end in Nigeria - Press Release”

CDC hosted a telebriefing to discuss a new Ebola Response tool highlighted in the agency's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing: Update on Ebola Response Tool - Transcript”

Ebola is a critical issue for the world community. This week's meetings in NY and Washington are a critical opportunity for increased international commitments and, more importantly, action.

Original title: “CDC Statement from the Director - Media Statement”

CDC is hosting a telebriefing to discuss a new Ebola Response tool highlighted in the agency's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing: Update on Ebola Response Tool - Media Advisory”

Business Pulse: Flu Prevention, launched today by CDC Foundation, provides employers and workers with access to resources and information to prepare for the 2014-2015 flu season.

Original title: “CDC Foundation's New Business Pulse Focuses on Flu Prevention - Media Advisory”

The 2014 Ebola outbreak is the largest in history and the first Ebola outbreak in West Africa. This outbreak is actually the first Ebola epidemic the world has ever known - affecting multiple countries in and around West Africa.

Original title: “CDC Ebola Surge: 2014 - Fact Sheet - Media Statement”

Millions of infants, children and adolescents in the United States did not receive key clinical preventive services, according to a report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in today's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Supplement.

Original title: “Millions of children not getting recommended preventive care - Press Release”

This month's Vital Signs report looks at sodium intake among U.S. children, as well as the major sources of sodium for children and teens.

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report What can be done to help children eat less sodium? - Transcript”

More than 90 percent of U.S. children, aged 6-18 years, eat more sodium than recommended, putting them at risk for developing high blood pressure and heart disease later in life, according to a new CDC Vital Signs report.

Original title: “CDC report finds sodium consumption high among U.S. children - Press Release”

CDC hosted a media telebriefing that discussed Enterorvirus D68, the respiratory illness affecting children in multiple states.

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing update on respiratory illness affecting children in multiple states - Transcript”

CDC will host a media telebriefing today to discuss Enterorvirus D68, the respiratory illness affecting children in multiple states.

Original title: “CDC provides update on respiratory illness affecting children in multiple states - Media Advisory”

This month's Vital Signs report looks at sodium intake among U.S. children, as well as the major sources of sodium for children and teens.

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - What can be done to help children eat less sodium? - Media Advisory”

The latest CDC map detailing the prevalence of obesity for all U.S. states based on 2013 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data is now available at www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/prevalence-maps.html. Three additional maps demonstrate obesity prevalence by race/ethnicity for each state.

Original title: “New CDC state obesity map now available - Media Advisory”