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As the nation's health protection agency, CDC is on the lookout 24/7 for health threats from new or drug-resistant microbes. In this Director's Briefing video, CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden talks about how advanced-molecular detection (AMD) tools such as molecular sequencing and bioinformatics are revolutionizing CDC's approach towards investigating and controlling disease outbreaks. These next generation tools will help CDC find and stop killer microbes before they spread -- protecting Americans from a "perfect storm" of increasing disease threats -- but only if we move forward with these new technologies now. Learn more at http://www.cdc.gov/AMD/. 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=27aa7f01b739e45ce7aca2ea1ca571d320130410140245043

In this Director's Briefing video, CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden talks about drug-resistant bacteria called CRE. These bacteria pose a triple-threat: especially deadly, outsmarting our best antibiotics, and easily transfer their resistance to other germs. Patients are left with extremely limited, and in some cases, no treatment options. This Vital Signs (www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns) reports that CRE are spreading in U.S. medical facilities. More normal bacteria are becoming highly-resistant CRE. These bacteria could be the beginning of the end of antibiotics, and the entire healthcare community must act now to stop them. 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=5fac59254239fa5599f8fd0fd48230ed20130304094025116

CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden talks about the latest data on flu, as well as answers some basic questions including how effective is the seasonal flu vaccine and who (and who shouldn't) get the seasonal flu vaccine. 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=e610f3b1323f11238c06432fefcc4b6020130118112817578

CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden talks about the one million patients who will get an infection each year in the course of receiving medical care. These infections not only cause preventable illness and death, but they also cost the healthcare system billions of dollars. The good news is that by utilizing CDC prevention guidelines, healthcare facilities can protect patients and save lives. Today, nearly all hospital and dialysis centers in the county are using CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network to better track and prevent healthcare-associated infections. 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=d5c251fd71278fae32eac99872060a7020130208092959485

The CDC works 24/7 to save lives and protect people. This month's edition of Vital Signs (www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/) focuses on the health problems that cause the most deaths in the United States: heart disease and stroke. One in three deaths in this country is due to cardiovascular disease. This figure is of great concern, especially because research clearly shows that we could prevent many of these deaths. 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=f98f982ce0da5bf5e4508d4cd9f314dd20130829153442564

In this Director's Briefing video, CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden talks about the latest Vital Signs report on hepatitis C (www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/) -- a leading cause of liver cancer. Although hepatitis C can be a serious disease, most people do not know they are infected. There are about three million Americans with hepatitis C, most of whom are baby boomers born from 1945 through 1965. A blood test can tell if a person has ever been infected with hepatitis C and more effective treatments are available. 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=302560417b7ce7b29c6edd1d0628b68720130502145318233

Last year, CDC launched the Tips from Former Smokers campaign (www.cdc.gov/tips). We ran hard-hitting ads that vividly illustrated the damage caused by smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke, encouraged quitting, and offered help to those who wanted it. By the time it was over, the campaign prompted nearly a quarter of a million Americans to quit smoking, and more than 100,000 will likely remain quit. After they saw the ads, millions of nonsmokers talked to friends and family about the dangers of smoking and referred them to programs that could help them quit and save their lives. 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=9e6a3ded81e1534a9d9e227e4924fdf720130906102610118

In the past decade, many of our country's biggest breakthroughs in preventing deadly infections in hospitals and other healthcare settings have come from the great work of the scientists here at CDC. In this Director's Briefing video, CDC Director Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, talks about new CDC research on MRSA, a serious healthcare-associated infection. Scientists studied 74,000 patients and found two simple solutions that can cut deadly infections by MRSA and other dangerous germs by nearly half. 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=9979306b859c5fc58a0dae7a630f7c8c20130530134936968

CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden talks about how heart disease and stroke are leading causes of death for people -- including Hispanics -- in the U.S. Million Hearts is a national initiative that has set an ambitious goal to prevention one million heart attacks and strokes by 2017. As a partner, CDC is pleased to announce many new materials and a website in Spanish that can help people improve their heart health: http://millionhearts.hhs.gov/. 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=17464e4eb47d0770a609a2dfe5e2c2c520130213170449225

CDC works 24/7 to save lives and protect people. This month's Vital Signs (www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/) has good news: Obesity rates are decreasing among our nation's low-income preschoolers. The federal WIC program has improved nutritional standards, and communities across the nation are taking action --increasing breastfeeding rates, improving nutrition and physical activity in child care, and keeping school playgrounds open during non-school hours, just to name a few ways that have been proven to work. Still, 1 in 8 preschoolers is obese. Obese children are more likely to become obese adults and have lifelong physical and mental health problems. Communities must continue to help our children thrive. 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=d445ad0752089116bffffe71aed0766420130801162439812