New Vital Signs Report - African Americans are living longer. The death rate for African Americans has declined about 25% over 17 years, primarily for those aged 65 years and older

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing: Transcript for Vital Signs African American Health - Transcript”

The death rate for African-Americans (blacks) declined 25 percent from 1999 to 2015, according to a new CDC Vital Signs report released today.

Original title: “African-American Death Rate Drops 25 Percent - Press Release”

The death rate for African Americans dropped 25% from 1999-2015, but they are still more likely to die at a young age than white Americans.

Original title: “African American Health: Creating Equal Opportunities for Health”

Death rates for African-Americans have declined about 25 percent over 17 years, primarily for those ages 65 years and older.

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - African-American Health: What can public health professionals and community organizations do to help achieve better health outcomes? - Media Advisory”

CDC releases NEW, interactive U.S. Cancer Statistics data displays that improve the access to and look of the official federal cancer statistics.

Original title: “U.S. Cancer Statistics Data Visualization Website”

Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: EIS Conference

Original title: “Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: EIS Conference - Transcript”

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will hold its 66th Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference April 24-27, 2017, in Atlanta. The event showcases recent groundbreaking and often life-saving investigations by EIS officers-better known as CDC's disease detectives.

Original title: “Dispatches from the Front Lines: CDC's Disease Detective Conference - Press Release”

Campylobacter and Salmonella caused the most reported bacterial foodborne illnesses in 2016, according to preliminary data published today in CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Original title: “Campylobacter, Salmonella led bacterial foodborne illnesses in 2016 - Press Release”

CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) will host the 66th Annual EIS Conference from April 24-27 in Atlanta. During the event, EIS officers-also known as CDC disease detectives-describe the investigations they conducted over the past year.

Original title: “66th Annual EIS Conference - Media Advisory”

Experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are working with the Florida Department of Health and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to support an investigation of a dead bat that was found in a packaged salad purchased from a grocery store in Florida.

Original title: “CDC assisting investigation of animal material found in packaged salad - Media Statement”

About 1 in 10 U.S. pregnant women with confirmed Zika had a fetus or baby with birth defects in 2016. Nearly 1,300 pregnant women with evidence of possible Zika infection were reported in 44 US states in 2016.

Original title: “Zika Virus: Protecting Pregnant Women and Babies”

New Vital Signs Report - Possible Zika virus infections in 44 U.S. states: What can healthcare providers do to help protect pregnant women and their babies?

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Zika Virus - Transcript”

Of the 250 pregnant women who had confirmed Zika infection in 2016, 24 - or about 1 in 10 of them - had a fetus or baby with Zika-related birth defects, according to a new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Original title: “About 1 in 10 U.S. pregnant women with confirmed Zika infection had a fetus or baby with birth defects in 2016 - Press Release”

A new CDC study published today in Pediatrics is the first of its kind to show that flu vaccination significantly reduced a child's risk of dying from influenza.

Original title: “CDC Study Finds Flu Vaccine Saves Children's Lives - Press Release”

Overall cancer death rates continue to decrease in men, women, and children for all major racial and ethnic groups, according to the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2014.

Original title: “Annual Report to the Nation: Cancer Death Rates Continue to Decline - Press Release”

About one in four U.S. middle and high school students- nearly 6.5 million youths -report being exposed to secondhand aerosol from e-cigarettes at least once within the past 30 days, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Original title: “One in four U.S. middle and high school students say they've been exposed to secondhand aerosol from e-cigarettes - Press Release”

Business Pulse: Opioid Overdose Epidemic, launched today by the CDC Foundation, explores how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working to protect individuals from the widespread opioid overdose epidemic.

Original title: “CDC Foundation's New Business Pulse Focuses on Opioid Overdose Epidemic - Media Advisory”

CDC has identified a potential risk of Zika virus transmission starting on June, 15, 2016, to present in Miami-Dade County, Florida, that also could affect risk for residents of Broward and Palm Beach counties.

Original title: “CDC identifies potential risk of Zika virus transmission since June 15, 2016, in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties - Media Statement”

CDC and FDA provide an update on potential increased risk of Zika virus in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties.

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing: Zika update - Media Advisory”

CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing spread of Zika virus?. Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Maldives and Solomon Islands.

Original title: “CDC adds 4 countries to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus - Media Statement”