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Transcript for the telebriefing on this month's Vital Signs, which focuses on Hispanic Health. This is CDC's first national study of leading causes of death, disease prevalence, risk factors, and access to health services among Hispanics living in

There are now 2.5 million kids using e-cigarettes and 1.5 million using hookah. In just one year, the number of kids using hookah doubled, and the number of kids using e-cigarettes appears to have tripled.

Thank you all for joining us today for the release of another CDC Vital Signs. This one on the use of long acting reversible contraception, also called LARC, among teens ages 15-19.

According to the latest CDC Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, teen births continue to decline in the U.S., but still more than 273,000 infants were born to teens ages 15 to 19 in 2013.

CDC hosted a media briefing to reveal its next installment of the successful Tips From Former Smokers campaign, featuring former smokers who suffer from smoking-related illnesses, including vision loss and colorectal cancer.

Transcript for the telebriefing - for this month's Vital Signs, which focuses on proven interventions employers and truck drivers can use to help reduce fatal injuries and motor vehicle crashes.

Using a seatbelt is the single most effective intervention to prevent truck drivers from being injured or killed in a motor vehicle crash. According to a new CDC Vital Signs report, more than 1 in 3 truck drivers who died in crashes in 2012 were not

Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Study on Clostridium difficile infection

Telebriefing transcript for February Vital Signs: Secondhand smoke exposure kills

CDC provided information on current U.S. measles outbreak and guidance for health protection.