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CDC hosted a media briefing to reveal its next installment of the successful Tips From Former Smokers campaign, featuring former smokers who suffer from smoking-related illnesses, including vision loss and colorectal cancer.

Transcript for the telebriefing - for this month's Vital Signs, which focuses on proven interventions employers and truck drivers can use to help reduce fatal injuries and motor vehicle crashes.

Using a seatbelt is the single most effective intervention to prevent truck drivers from being injured or killed in a motor vehicle crash. According to a new CDC Vital Signs report, more than 1 in 3 truck drivers who died in crashes in 2012 were not

Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Study on Clostridium difficile infection

Telebriefing transcript for February Vital Signs: Secondhand smoke exposure kills

CDC provided information on current U.S. measles outbreak and guidance for health protection.

Transcript for CDC Telebriefing on the new Vital Signs report. There is an average of 6 alcohol poisoning deaths every day in the US. Most deaths occur among middle-aged adults. Alcohol poisoning deaths are preventable.

This CDC media telebriefing included a public health assessment of the current status of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

CDC hosted a media briefing to discuss Update on Flu Season

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.