The majority of people with high blood pressure are being treated with medicine and have seen a doctor at least twice in the past year, yet their condition is still not under control, according to a new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Millions more are either aware they have high blood pressure but aren't getting treated with medicine or don't even know they have it, the report says.

Original title: “High blood pressure is out of control for too many Americans”

CDC and the Texas Department of State Health Services will host a telephone-only media briefing to discuss updated West Nile Virus numbers and provide an update on the situation in Texas.

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing on West Nile Virus Update”

CDC and the Texas Department of State Health Services will host a telephone-only media briefing to discuss updated West Nile Virus numbers and provide an update on the situation in Texas.

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing on West Nile Virus Update”

All U.S. baby boomers should get a one-time test for the hepatitis C virus, according to final recommendations published today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Original title: “CDC Now Recommends All Baby Boomers Receive One-Time Hepatitis C Test”

2011 CDC map detailing adult obesity prevalence for all U.S. states based on Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data

Original title: “CDC Update on H3N2v Cases Telebriefing”

CDC hosted a telephone-only media availability to give an update on influenza a H3N2 variant virus.

Original title: “2011 State Obesity Map Now Available”

Tobacco use among American middle school and high school students showed a slow decline from 2000 to 2011, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention But when compared with other long-term studies, such as the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, the steep rate of decline from 1997 to 2003 has slowed noticeably.

Original title: “Gradual drop in youth tobacco use continues, but significant problem areas remain”

CDC will host a telephone-only media availability to provide an update on the domestic influenza A (H3N2) variant ("H3N2v") virus situation. A number of additional cases of human infection with H3N2v virus have been confirmed in the United States and are being reported on Friday.

Original title: “CDC Update: Influenza A (H3N2) Variant Virus”

CDC hosted a telephone-only media availability to discuss the new Vital Signs report on walking among adults.

Original title: “CDC Vital Signs: Walking Among Adults - United States, 2005 and 2010 Telebriefing”

Sixty-two percent of adults say they walked for at least once for 10 minutes or more in the previous week in 2010, compared to 56 percent in 2005, according to a new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Original title: “Six in 10 adults now get physically active by walking”

CDC will host a telephone-only media availability to discuss the new Vital Signs report on walking among adults.

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing on Vital Signs Report: Walking Among Adults - United States, 2005 and 2010”

CDC co-hosts 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health, the largest international health meeting for Arctic health issues.

Original title: “CDC Sponsors Conference on Health in the Arctic”

CDC will host a telephone-only media availability to provide an update on the domestic influenza A (H3N2) variant ("H3N2v") virus situation.

Original title: “CDC Update: Influenza A (H3N2) Variant Virus”

The eighth annual National Latino AIDS Awareness Day comes at a time of renewed national commitment and optimism regarding HIV prevention, due to President Obama's recently-announced National HIV/AIDS Strategy, which focuses our nation's efforts in the fight against HIV.

Original title: “National Latino AIDS Awareness Day”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging people to take steps to prevent West Nile virus infections. Outbreaks of West Nile virus disease occur each summer in the United States. This year, some areas of the country are experiencing earlier and greater activity.

Original title: “West Nile virus disease cases up this year”

Research and analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) presented at the XIX International AIDS Conference reveal mother-to-child transmission has decreased in South Africa, provides insights into new clinical and laboratory data in resource-limited settings, and highlights the application of best practices in Mozambique.

Original title: “CDC reports progress, innovations and challenges in scaling-up Prevention of Mother-to-Child-Transmission (PMTCT) efforts in Africa”

Presentations at the XIX International AIDS Conference demonstrate how collaborative research, training and hands on mentoring from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are helping to build capacity to prevent HIV/AIDS and provide live-saving care and treatment to those suffering from this devastating disease.

Original title: “CDC helps increase countries' skills in HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programs through collaborative research, training and mentoring in Africa”

CDC hosted a telebriefing to provide updates on increases of pertussis cases in the United States and the epidemic in Washington State.

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing: Pertussis Epidemic in Washington State - 2012”

Reported NNDSS pertussis cases: 1922-2011 [PDF - 108KB]

Original title: “Reported NNDSS pertussis cases: 1922-2011 [PDF - 108KB]”

The prescription drug methadone accounted for 2 percent of painkiller prescriptions in the United States in 2009, but was involved in more than 30 percent of prescription painkiller overdose deaths, according to a CDC Vital Signs report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Original title: “Methadone linked to 30 percent of prescription painkiller overdose deaths”