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Between 2012-2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention supported multiple state and local public health responses, helping to strengthen the front lines of public health defense and bolster the nation's health security.

Americans eat out at fast food or dine-in restaurants four or five times a week. Just one of those meals might contain more than an entire day's recommended amount of sodium. CDC has strategies for health departments and restaurants to work together

Information regarding 4-methylcyclohexanemethanol (MCHM) and the calculation to establish a screening level in West Virginia drinking water is available at: http://emergency.cdc.gov/chemical/MCHM/westvirgina2014/index.asp

Approximately 5.6 million American children alive today - or one out of every 13 children under age 18 - will die prematurely from smoking-related diseases unless current smoking rates drop, according to a new Surgeon General's report.

Fifty years ago today was a tipping point in recognizing and reversing the deadly epidemic caused by smoking. The first Surgeon General's report on smoking and health, released on January 11, 1964, made clear that smoking causes cancer.

Tobacco control efforts are having a major impact on Americans' health, a new analysis of lung-cancer data suggests. The rate of new lung cancer cases decreased among men and women in the United States from 2005 to 2009, according to a report in this

Press briefing transcript for Vital Signs: Alcohol Screening and Counseling.

Only one in six adults -- and only one in four binge drinkers -- say a health professional has ever discussed alcohol use with them even though drinking too much is harmful to health, according to a new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease

Only one in six adults -- and only one in four binge drinkers -- say a health professional has ever discussed alcohol use with them even though drinking too much is harmful to health, according to a new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease

Continuing with the success of last year's national tobacco education ad campaign, "Tips from Former Smokers," a second series of ads was launched today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.