The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today kicked off its 62nd Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference in Atlanta, beginning a week-long conference dedicated to showcasing the life-saving work of its current EIS officers, or "disease detectives," and welcoming the incoming class of officers to the two-year postgraduate EIS program.

Original title: “CDC's 62nd Annual Epidemic Intelligence Services (EIS) Conference Begins Today: Showcases "Disease Detectives" and their Life-Saving Work - Digital Press Kit”

FoodNet report shows increases in some foodborne germs, no change in others.

Original title: “New Food Safety Data for 2012”

The nation's annual food safety report card is out and it shows that 2012 rates of infections from two germs spread commonly through food have increased significantly when compared to a baseline period of 2006-2008, while rates of most others have not changed during the same period.

Original title: “Infections from some foodborne germs increased, while others remained unchanged in 2012 - Media Advisory”

CDC's Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory has launched a new website, designed especially for teachers and students, to learn about the critical role of public health laboratories in protecting the public against diseases and other health hazards.

Original title: “CDC launches a new educational website on laboratory science for teachers and students - Media Advisory”

The David J. Sencer CDC Museum presents a look back at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's collaboration with NASA during the 1960's space program presented by Dr. Walter Dowdle, former CDC Deputy Director. A second presentation will be given by Dr. Tara Ruttley, Associate Program Scientist for the International Space Station, on scientific research in microgravity or weightlessness and how discoveries uncovered in space improve life on Earth.

Original title: “Former CDC Deputy Director and NASA Scientist visit CDC to discuss space science research and its benefit to humanity - Media Advisory”

Nearly one in five teen births is a repeat birth, according to a Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Although teen births have fallen over the past 20 years, the number of repeat births remains high and there are substantial racial/ethnic and geographic differences.

Original title: “Nearly 20 percent of teen births are repeat births”

Nearly one in five teen births is a repeat birth, according to a Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Original title: “Nearly 20 percent of teen births are repeat births”

Nearly one in five teen births is a repeat birth, according to a Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Although teen births have fallen over the past 20 years, the number of repeat births remains high and there are substantial racial/ethnic and geographic differences.

Original title: “New CDC Vital Signs: Nearly 20 percent of teen births are repeat births - Press Release”

CDC will host a telephone-only media availability to discuss the Tips From Former Smokers campaign, a national advertising campaign designed to encourage smokers to quit by showing the devastating effects smoking and secondhand smoke have on real people.

Original title: “CDC Releases Second Round of ads in "Tips From Former Smokers" campaign - Media Advisory”

Changes in Prevalence of Parent-Reported Autism Spectrum Disorder in School-Aged Children: 2007 to 2011-2012. The report was co-authored by HRSA and data collection was conducted by the CDC. The data come from the National Survey of Children's Health, a nationally representative phone survey of households with children. This survey is conducted every four years.

Original title: “CDC and HRSA issue report on changes in prevalence of parent-reported Autism Spectrum Disorder in school-aged children - Media Advisory”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene have confirmed that a patient who recently died of rabies in Maryland contracted the infection through organ transplantation done more than a year ago. The patient was one of four people who had received an organ from the same donor. This week, CDC laboratories tested tissue samples from the donor and from the recipient who died to confirm transmission of rabies through organ transplantati

Original title: “CDC confirms rabies death in organ transplant recipient - Media Statement”

According to a CDC study, talking on the phone, texting, and reading email behind the wheel are reportedly more common behaviors in the United States than Europe.

Original title: “Mobile device use while driving more common in the U.S. than in several European countries.”

Most U.S. drivers reported talking on their cell phone and about one in three read or sent text or email messages when driving, according to a new study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study, published in CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, examined two specific types of self-reported distracted driving behaviors: cell phone use while driving and reading or sending text or e-mail messages while driving, among drivers aged 18-64 years in the United States

Original title: “Mobile device use while driving more common in the U.S. than in several European countries - Press Relase”

A family of bacteria has become increasingly resistant to last-resort antibiotics during the past decade, and more hospitalized patients are getting lethal infections that, in some cases, are impossible to cure. The findings, published today in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Vital Signs report, are a call to action for the entire health care community to work urgently - individually, regionally and nationally - to protect patients. During just the first half of 2012, almost 20

Original title: “CDC: Action needed now to halt spread of deadly bacteria - Press Release”

CDC will host a telephone-only media availability to discuss the new Vital Signs report on a drug-resistant bacteria called carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) that is spreading in U.S. inpatient medical facilities. These bacteria cause life-threatening infections that are difficult, and in some cases, impossible to treat. In some places, these bacteria are already posing a routine threat to patients and their medical teams. Learn what this means to patients and health care providers,

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing: Vital Signs Report Details Rising Threat from Lethal CRE Bacteria - Media Advisory”

In 2011, about 21 percent of adults who smoke traditional cigarettes had used electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes, up from about 10 percent in 2010, according to a study released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Overall, about six percent of all adults have tried e-cigarettes, with estimates nearly doubling from 2010. This study is the first to report changes in awareness and use of e-cigarettes between 2010 and 2011.

Original title: “About one in five U.S. adult cigarette smokers have tried an electronic cigarette - Press Release”

Drug overdose deaths increased for the 11th consecutive year in 2010, according to an analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The findings are published today in a research letter, "Pharmaceutical Overdose Deaths, United States, 2010," in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

Original title: “Opioids drive continued increase in drug overdose deaths - Press Release”

Educational resources to help Hispanics take control of their heart health is available from Million Hearts, a national public-private partnership that works to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes by 2017.

Original title: “Million Hearts Releases New Spanish-Language Resources on Heart Health - Press Release”

Scientists and gamers alike can now play disease detective, through Solve the Outbreak, a new iPad app from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The app lets users assume the role of a disease outbreak investigator in the agency's Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) by navigating three fictional outbreaks based on real-life events. Users get clues, review data, and make decisions to determine the cause of the outbreak.

Original title: “iPad users can solve public health outbreaks - Media Advisory”

Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)

Original title: “CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Meeting - Media Advisory”