CDC will host a media telebriefing today to discuss the on-going outbreak of Ebola in West Africa. There is no significant risk in the U.S. While it is unlikely that the disease would spread if imported into the United States, the recent infections in U.S. healthcare workers working abroad highlight the need for vigilance. CDC is reminding U.S. healthcare workers of the importance of testing and isolating sick travelers returning from the affected areas.

Original title: “CDC provides update on Ebola outbreak in West Africa - Media Advisory”

Telebriefing on two MMWR articles released today by the CDC. One article is on the National, Regional, State and Selected Local Area Vaccination Coverage among Adolescents age 13 to 17 in the United States in 2013. The other is on Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Coverage among Adolescents in the U.S. from 2007 through 2013 and Postlicensure Vaccine Safety Monitoring from 2006 to 2014 in the United States.

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing on National Immunization Survey- Teen results and HPV vaccination coverage among adolescents - Transcript”

CDC announced today the formation of an external laboratory safety workgroup of the Advisory Committee to the Director of CDC.

Original title: “CDC announces the formation of an external laboratory safety workgroup - Media Statement”

Latest vaccination coverage estimates for adolescents show only small increase for HPV vaccine

Original title: “Safe and effective vaccine that prevents cancer continues to be underutilized - Press Release”

About 4 in 100,000 people live with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease in the United States, according to the first data summary released today by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Original title: “Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry releases first set of data from National ALS Registry - 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 officials to discuss National Immunization Survey-Teen results and HPV vaccination coverage among adolescents - Media Advisory”

Seven months after the mosquito-borne virus chikungunya was recognized in the Western Hemisphere, the first locally acquired case of the disease has surfaced in the continental United States. The case was reported today in Florida in a male who had not recently traveled outside the United States.

Original title: “First Chikungunya case acquired in the United States reported in Florida - Press Release”

More than half of youth in the United States have access to parks or playground areas, recreation centers, boys' and girls' clubs, and walking paths or sidewalks in their neighborhoods, according to a new report, State Indicator Report on Physical Activity, 2014.

Original title: “New state physical activity indicator report now available online - Media Advisory”

CDC hosted a media briefing to discuss the report that highlights actions being taken by the agency to prevent lab incidents, including the recent anthrax lab incident occurring in early June at the Roybal Campus location in Atlanta, Georgia.

Original title: “CDC Press Conference on laboratory quality and safety after recent lab incidents - Transcript”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report today that reviews the early June incident that involved the unintentional exposure of personnel to potentially viable anthrax at the CDC's Roybal Campus.

Original title: “CDC Director Releases After-Action Report on Recent Anthrax Incident; Highlights Steps to Improve Laboratory Quality and Safety - Press Release”

CDC will host a media briefing to discuss the report that highlights actions being taken by the agency to prevent lab incidents, including the recent anthrax lab incident occurring in early June at the Roybal Campus location in Atlanta, Georgia.

Original title: “CDC Director to highlight steps being taken to improve laboratory quality and safety after recent lab incidents - Media Advisory”

The CDC Public Health Library and Information Center will be renamed the Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library. The official dedication program will include the opening of the Stephen B. Thacker Legacy Exhibit in the Library and the unveiling of a memorial bust plaque.

Original title: “CDC library renamed to honor Dr. Stephen B. Thacker - Media Advisory”

On July 1, 2014, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) notified the appropriate regulatory agency, the Division of Select Agents and Toxins (DSAT) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), that employees discovered vials labeled "variola," commonly known as smallpox, in an unused portion of a storage room in a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) laboratory located on the NIH Bethesda campus.

Original title: “CDC Media Statement on Newly Discovered Smallpox Specimens - Media Statement”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has completed additional work to further define the risk of anthrax for employees potentially exposed because best safety practices were not followed in one of its laboratories in early June.

Original title: “CDC update on potential anthrax exposures - Media Statement”

Antibiotic resistance in foodborne germs, an ongoing public health threat, showed both positive and troubling trends, according to data tracked by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2012.

Original title: “Antibiotic resistance in foodborne germs is an ongoing threat - Press Release”

Overprescribing of opioid painkillers is a major cause of the prescription drug overdose epidemic in the United States. In 2012, health care providers in some states prescribed far more painkillers than those in other states. How can overprescribing of these painkillers be reduced safely and feasibly?

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - What can be done to make opioid painkiller prescribing safer? - Media Advisory”

Excessive alcohol use accounts for one in 10 deaths among working-age adults ages 20-64 years in the United States, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published today in Preventing Chronic Disease.

Original title: “One in 10 deaths among working-age adults due to excessive drinking - Press Release”

CDC hosted a media briefing to unveil its next installment of the successful Tips From Former Smokers campaign, featuring new health conditions. Tips From Former Smokers, a national tobacco education campaign featuring real people living with the harsh consequences of smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke, first launched in March, 2012.

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing - CDC is launching the fourth phase of the highly successful Tips From Former Smokers Campaign - Transcript”

Business Pulse: Travelers' Health, launched today by CDC Foundation, provides businesses and corporate travelers a wide range of online resources from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help them better prepare for international trips.

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

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is launching hard-hitting ads for its 2014 "Tips From Former Smokers" campaign. Beginning July 7, these ads will run nationwide for nine weeks on television, radio, and billboards, online, and in theaters, magazines, and newspapers.

Original title: “New hard-hitting "Tips From Former Smokers" ads to air this summer - Press Release”