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Let's Stop HIV Together is a national HIV awareness and anti-stigma campaign produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It features stories of individuals living with HIV and the people who support them. ...
Jun. 7, 2014
In a 1990 paper on "The Anthropology of Infectious Disease," Marcia Inhorn and Peter Brown estimated that infectious diseases "have likely claimed more lives than all wars, noninfectious diseases, and natural disasters put together." Infectious diseases are our oldest, deadliest foe. And they remain so today. "In a good year, ...
Oct. 21, 2022
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 ...
Jun. 7, 2014
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 ...
Jun. 7, 2014
Rapper and music producer, Swizz Beatz, talks about HIV among African Americans and the importance of knowing your HIV status. Swizz Beatz teamed up with Lifebeat and Act Against AIDS to encourage young people to get tested for HIV. Visit www.cdc.gov/ActAgainstAIDS to find free HIV testing in your area. Get the facts. Get tested. Get involved. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance ...
Jun. 7, 2014
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 ...
Jun. 7, 2014