Today, the CDC Foundation is launching Business Pulse: How CDC Protects the Health of Your Business. The first Business Pulse coincides with September's National Preparedness Month and features a business continuity discussion between CDC and UPS.

Original title: “Business Pulse connects CDC and business to address public health threats - Statement”

Statement from CDC Director Tom Frieden on the passing of Terrie Hall

Original title: “Statement from CDC Director Tom Frieden on the passing of Terrie Hall, former Tips From Former Smokers ad participant - Statement”

CDC telebriefing on today's drug-resistant health threats

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing on Today's Drug-Resistant Health Threats - Transcript”

Every 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, according to a new report issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Original title: “Untreatable: Report by CDC details today's drug-resistant health threats - Press Release”

CDC will host a media telebriefing to discuss a new report that describes the striking toll of antibiotic-resistant germs in the United States. The report provides a first-ever, criteria-based ranking of the organisms by their threat to human health.

Original title: “CDC director to host telebriefing on landmark report detailing drug resistance threats - Media Advisory”

CDC telebriefing both on the release of the 2012 National Immunization Survey details in today's MMWR as well as the increases we are seeing in measles around the country.

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing on the National Immunization Survey, Vaccine for Children Program, and recent measles outbreaks in the U.S. - Transcript”

This year marks the 20th Anniversary of passage of the legislation that created the Vaccines for Children Program (VFC), one of our nation's most successful public-private partnerships for improving public health.

Original title: “20 Years of Success: CDC Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Vaccines for Children Program”

CDC will host a telebriefing to discuss results from the National Immunization Survey, measles cases and outbreaks, and the 20th Anniversary of the passage of the legislation that created the Vaccines for Children program.

Original title: “CDC officials to share new data on immunization coverage among nation's infants and recent measles outbreaks - Media Advisory”

Our guest today has plenty to keep him awake at night. It's his job to worry about the growing threat that dangerous new pathogens pose for the health not only of Americans, but for the world population. Dr. Thomas Frieden is the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and one of the world's leading experts in safeguarding our health.

Original title: “National Press Club Luncheon - Transcript”

"The Cough Heard 'Round the World"

Original title: “CDC Director to speak on the state of nation's health security at the National Press Club - Media Advisory”

An estimated 1.6 million smokers attempted to quit smoking because of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's "Tips From Former Smokers" national ad campaign, according to a study released by the CDC.

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing on Tips From Former Smokers ad campaign results - Transcript”

An estimated 1.6 million smokers attempted to quit smoking because of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's "Tips From Former Smokers" national ad campaign, according to a study released by the CDC.

Original title: “More than 100,000 Americans quit smoking due to national media campaign - Press Release”

CDC will host a media telebriefing to discuss the results of the Tips From Former Smokers campaign, a national advertising campaign designed to encourage smokers to quit by featuring emotionally powerful stories of former smokers living with smoking-related diseases and disabilities. The results exceeded the campaign's original goals of quit attempts and successful quits.

Original title: “Results from first ever federally-funded national education ad campaign, "Tips From Former Smokers" - Media Advisory”

The percentage of U.S. middle and high school students who use electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, more than doubled from 2011 to 2012, according to data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Original title: “E-cigarette use more than doubles among U.S. middle and high school students from 2011-2012 - Press Release”

More than 200,000 preventable deaths from heart disease and stroke occurred in the United States in 2010, according to a new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than half of these deaths happened to people younger than 65 years of age.

Original title: “CDC finds 200,000 heart disease and stroke deaths could be prevented - Press Release”

More than 200,000 preventable deaths from heart disease and stroke occurred in the United States in 2010, according to a new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Original title: “CDC finds 200,000 heart disease and stroke deaths could be prevented - Digital Press Kit”

This September Vital Signs is on preventable death from heart disease, stroke, and hypertensive disease, United States 2001 to 2010.

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing on CDC finding 200,000 heart disease and stroke deaths could be prevented - Transcript”

One out of every three deaths in the U.S. is due to cardiovascular disease. A large proportion of heart attacks and strokes do not have to happen. CDC will discuss the latest data on number of preventable death from heart attack and stroke, who is most at risk, where progress is needed and what can be done to drive down these deaths.

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - How can progress be made in preventable deaths from heart attack and stroke? - Media Advisory”

School districts nationwide are showing improvements in measures related to nutritional policies, physical education and tobacco policies, according to the 2012 School Health Policies and Practices Study (SHPPS).

Original title: “CDC releases 2012 School Health Policies and Practices Study results - Press Release”

Preliminary estimates released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that the number of Americans diagnosed with Lyme disease each year is around 300,000. The preliminary estimates were presented Sunday night in Boston at the 2013 International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis and Other Tick-Borne Diseases.

Original title: “CDC provides estimate of Americans diagnosed with Lyme disease each year - Press Release”