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Greg Rebchook from the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies at the University of California-San Francisco discusses why HIV prevention program staff must teach young men to be self-reflective about their own HIV risk behaviors. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at http://streaming.cdc.gov/vod.php?id=80681f6596430b382382cb0f9f4f0ceb20121124115943718

Dr. Susan Kegeles of the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies at the University of California-San Francisco discusses how staff of agencies serving young gay/bisexual men of color need to convey messages that urge program participants to protect people they care about and the community, and not just look out only for oneself. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at http://streaming.cdc.gov/vod.php?id=2807391d55a41d8d7609651f60de784020121125165916703

Susan Kegeles of the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies at the University of California-San Francisco, discusses how HIV prevention program participants can create a MSM (men who have sex with men) family, which has young gay and bisexual men caring about each other, whether they are living with HIV or not, and helping each other reduce their sexual risk behaviors. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at http://streaming.cdc.gov/vod.php?id=cafbdba70c2cc5cbfd43cef44ccf7f8720121124105131015

As part of the It Gets Better Project, President Obama shares his message of hope and support for LGBT youth who are struggling with being bullied.

This month's Vital Signs (www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/) reports health care providers wrote 259 million prescriptions for painkillers in 2012, enough for every American adult to have a bottle of pills. Higher prescribing of painkillers is associated with more overdose deaths. The report also has examples of states that reversed its overdose trend. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at http://streaming.cdc.gov/vod.php?id=428e26790e7e42390fc3955d1e57fadc20140630134915375

Most norovirus outbreaks from contaminated food occur in food service settings, according to this month's Vital Signs (www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/) reports. The report provides some key recommendations to help the food service industry prevent these outbreaks that get millions of people sick each year. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at http://streaming.cdc.gov/vod.php?id=569f80513ba62255675da92c366351b420140602112406625

CDC's new report covers one of the most serious health threats we face today - antibiotic resistance. The fact that our antibiotics don't work as well as they used to, or at all, against a growing number of infections is alarming. We risk a future where simple infections can turn deadly. Cutting this threat requires urgent and immediate collaboration among public health, clinical medicine, agriculture, industry, and policy makers. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at http://streaming.cdc.gov/vod.php?id=82e8cee8c3472670cdbff778ac82115920130914115856715

This month's Vital Signs (www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/) reports that despite teen births in the US have declined over the last 20 years to the lowest level ever recorded, still nearly 1,700 teens ages 15 to 17 gave birth every week in 2012. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at http://streaming.cdc.gov/vod.php?id=bfb98d087ab957f40408a53f7b6e9a0420140401104746297

Poor antibiotic prescribing practices in hospitals can needlessly put patients at risk for Clostridium difficile infection (deadly diarrhea) and future drug-resistant infections. This month, the CDC Vital Signs report looks at prescribing practices and variations, and calls on all US hospitals to improve prescribing practices. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at http://www.cdc.gov/about/cdcdirector/briefings.html

CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden spoke on the state of our nation's health security at the National Press Club's Luncheon on Tuesday, September 10, 2013, in Washington, DC. Dr. Frieden's talk, "The Cough Heard 'Round the World," identified imminent dangers to our health security -- superbugs, disasters, and leading causes of death -- and the strategies the nation's health protection agency can use to thwart them. A question and answer session following his remarks. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at http://streaming.cdc.gov/vod.php?id=076e8ea454ed653ec2d41db31aa4c70420130916111253311