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Excessive alcohol use, including underage drinking and binge drinking (drinking 5 or more drinks during a single occasion for men or 4 or more drinks during a single occasion for women), is responsible for 80,000 deaths and 2.3 million years of potential life lost in the U.S. each year, and cost the United States $223.5 billion in 2006 or about $1.90 per drink. This powerful session of Public Health Grand Rounds explored the public health impact of excessive alcohol use and evidence-based strategies to prevent it, with specific attention to the role that state and local public health agencies play in addressing this important public health problem. 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/grand-rounds/archives/2012/March2012.htm

CDC Vital Signs links science, policy, and communications with the intent of communicating a call-to-action for the public. CDC Vital Signs provides the most recent, comprehensive data on key indicators of important health topics.

On January 23, 2015, this report was posted as an MMWR Early Release on the MMWR website (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr).

Curtis Croker, MPH1, Jan Soriano1, Rachel Civen, MD1,Robert A Larsen, MD2, Benjamin Schwartz, MD1 (Author affiliations at end of text).

This issue of MMWR incorporates changes to Table I (Provisional cases of selected infrequently reported notifiable diseases [<1,000 cases reported during the preceding year], United States) and Table II (Provisional cases of selected notifiable diseases [>1,000 cases reported during the preceding year] and selected low frequency diseases, United States). This year, the Table I and Table II modifications add conditions designated or proposed as nationally notifiable by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) and CDC (1–5). In addition, the presentation of viral hemorrhagic fevers data in Table I reflects recent enhancements made to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) to enable reporting jurisdictions to submit electronic case notifications for specific viral hemorrhagic fevers.

Hepatitis C can be a serious liver disease that often has no symptoms. Even if you try to eat right, exercise and have a healthy life, you could still have hepatitis C. People born from 1945-1965 are 5X more likely to have this disease. That’s why the CDC recommends everyone born between these years get tested for hepatitis C. Early detection and treatment can save 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://www.cdc.gov/knowmorehepatitis/media/videos/HiddenDisease-60secPSA-LowRes.mp4

This month's Vital Signs (www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/) reports that motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death for children in the US. Buckling up is the best way to save lives and reduce injuries. 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=b28af940915d89aa67d021419673dbea20140203140543296