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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

Polio is a frightening disease that paralyzes and kills. In this Director's Briefing, Dr. Tom Frieden discusses how the finish line for polio eradication is in sight. In 2012, there were fewer cases of polio in fewer countries than ever before in history -- 222 cases. That is far from the 350,000 cases recorded when CDC and our partners started the campaign to eradicate polio in 1988. Although we have made tremendous progress against what used to be one of the most terrible diseases of our time, there is still work to do to get over the finish line. 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=93b079e93ff9e9fc82978d69f949d4eb20130124122636125

CDC works 24/7 to protect America's health. In this Director's Briefing video, CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden talks about how we have made real progress against HIV/AIDS. CDC is a driving force in implementing the goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, and globally we and our partners are executing programs under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Our goal of creating an AIDS-free generation that lives in a world of health and economic security is within reach -- but only if we persevere and keep doing what we know works. 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=ee86ea9ca15aa96c28dacdd0599f464020130227130608317

In January 2010, Haiti suffered a devastating earthquake that killed more than 200,000 people, left millions homeless, and significantly damaged the country's already fragile infrastructure, including its health system. In this Director's Briefing video, CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden talks about how CDC, CDC Foundation (www.cdcfoundation.org), and other critical partners are helping Haiti recover and rebuild. New laboratories and office space are allowing critical public health work to continue, protecting people in Haiti and abroad from health threats. After all, diseases know no borders. 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=d96b2318e4258654eaeaa624fc32fd7120130221113329388

It has been 10 years since the global outbreak of SARS, which killed hundreds of people and cost tens of billions of dollars. In this Director's Briefing video, CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden talks about how we have made progress in disease detection since SARS; however, we remain at risk from global health threats, including emerging and drug-resistant microbes. Next-generation tools like molecular sequencing and bioinformatics can help us rapidly identify and stop these killer microbes before they spread, but we must act now. 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=d70dfef016f95fc859f98b407aa3cc6520130312132525611

In this Director's Briefing video, CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden talks about this month's Vital Signs, which reports that about 23 million adults (ages 50-75) have not gotten the life-saving tests they need to find colon cancer early. Testing is important. Every year, more than 50,000 Americans die from colon cancer -- yet testing could have found precancerous growths and saved lives. There are different types of screening tests, and people are encouraged to talk with their doctor about which test is right for them. The best test is the test that gets done. 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=d55c30c1c09dba8b5ee32a7103ab317c20131104092453606