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E-cigarettes are a tobacco product.
At CDC, we work 24/7 to save lives and protect people.
I love... cheesecake in New York. I love whatever is sweet.
I could not possibly overstate the need for an urgent response.
It is the end of the road for antibiotics unless we act urgently.
The level of outbreak is beyond anything we’ve seen - or even imagined.
As director of the CDC, one of the best parts of my job is announcing good news.
The bottom line is, if you're pregnant, don't travel to an area where Zika is spreading.
Unfortunately, it is possible in the coming days that we will see additional cases of Ebola.
Congress did the right thing with Ebola. They funded us to protect Americans and keep us safer.
Your longevity and health are more determined by your ZIP code than they are by your genetic code.
Vaccination is the single most important step people can take to protect themselves from influenza.
A vaccine that prevented tuberculosis would merit a Nobel Prize, but it's just very difficult to develop.
When my son was little, he asked me: 'Daddy, which is worser, sugar or salt?' I still don't know the answer.
If we vaccinate well, if we increase those vaccination rates, we can stop measles just as we stopped it before.
The way we work in public health is, we make the best recommendations and decisions based on the best available data.
We want people to take responsibility for how healthy they are, and we want to help them live longer, healthier lives.
Our progress against malaria is impressive. But vigilance remains a critical ingredient to protect the health of all people.
Where you live in the United States shouldn't determine how long and how healthy you live - but it does, far more than it should.
I loved clinical practice, but in public health, you can impact more than one person at a time. The whole society is your patient.
Know that the tiger mosquito - Aedes albopictus - sometimes spreads viruses that spread like Zika, so it may be able to spread Zika.
People have a misconception that the tobacco epidemic is a thing of the past. Tobacco still kills more Americans than any other cause.
Some hospitals screen all ICU patients and isolate those with MRSA, a process that can be challenging for both caregivers and patients.
The way Zika spreads is primarily through the bite of the Aedes aegypti mosquito in places that don't have screens and air-conditioning.
We know how to stop Ebola: by isolating and treating patients, tracing and monitoring their contacts, and breaking the chains of transmission.
Using prescription drug monitoring programs is an important step in identifying patients who may be improperly using prescription painkillers.
I eat a lot of fruit because if I fill up on strawberries or an apple, then I'll have one small piece of cheesecake rather than two big pieces.
The Zika virus invades and disrupts the development of the fetal brain, but the effects on the brains of infants and young children are unknown.
From all the available evidence, the body has an excellent immune response to Zika. Therefore, once you get it once, you will never get it again.
The more we look at drug resistance, the more concerned we are. It basically shows us that the end of the road isn't very far away for antibiotics.
We do prioritize addressing MDR-TB. We have done that for more than 20 years; that's why we've been able to drastically reduce U.S. cases of MDR-TB.
We have learned a lot about how to treat Ebola, how to ensure that the people caring for people with Ebola do so minimizing their risk of infection.
It is remarkable how surprising Zika has been. This is the first time we have had a mosquito-borne infection that can cause a devastating birth defect.
It is certainly possible that someone who has had contact with this patient could develop Ebola, but there is no doubt in my mind that we will stop it here.
CDC is supporting community efforts by establishing competitive grants to support local programs to help individuals and families to get healthy and stay healthy.
Flu can be serious, and it kills tens of thousands of Americans each year. Vaccination is easier and more convenient than ever, so get yourself and your family protected.
I've treated so many adults who are desperate - desperate - to get off tobacco. They all started as kids. I see the industry getting another generation of our kids addicted.
Reducing MRSA infections is critical because these bacteria are difficult to treat and are common in healthcare settings, especially among ICU (intensive care unit) patients.
Health care providers can follow guidelines for responsible painkiller prescribing and talk with their patients about the risks and benefits of taking prescription painkillers.
The United States has made remarkable progress in reducing both teen pregnancy and racial and ethnic differences, but the reality is, too many American teens are still having babies.
The bottom line is that Ebola is hard to treat, and when the first patient ever with Ebola came to the United States, we thought the guidelines would protect the health care workers.
More than 50 million people around the world died during the 1918-1919 flu pandemic. That's why we have epidemiologists all over the world tracking whether new strains of flu emerge.
Cigars, cigarettes, and hookah tobacco are all smoked tobacco - addictive and deadly. We need effective action to protect our kids from struggling with a lifelong addiction to nicotine.
Too many U.S. adults have a heart age years older than their real age, increasing their risk of heart disease and stroke. Everybody deserves to be young - or at least not old - at heart.
Haiti is not an easy place to fight disease, even in the best of times. That was true even before a devastating earthquake ravaged Haiti's capital and largest city, Port-au-Prince, in 2010.
Controlling mosquitos is tough. It's not quick; it's not easy. It requires work day in and day out to track where mosquitos are and to apply safely the appropriate mosquito control methods.
Communities across the nation play an important role in leading the way toward healthier families, and the Affordable Care Act helps make prevention an important priority for every community.
We have to keep up our guard. We won't get the risk of Ebola to zero in the U.S. until we stop it in West Africa. And Ebola is hard to fight. It requires intensity. It requires speed and flexibility.
Vaccines and antibiotics have made many infectious diseases a thing of the past; we've come to expect that public health and modern science can conquer all microbes. But nature is a formidable adversary.
Every health threat has a different nature and characteristic and appropriate response. Zika is a particular risk to pregnant women who reside in or thinking of traveling to places where Zika is spreading.