CDC will host a media telebriefing to discuss the new Vital Signs report on overdose deaths due to the opioid pain reliever methadone.

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing on Vital Signs Report: Risk for Overdose from Methadone Used for Pain Relief - United States, 1999-2010”

The "Tips From Former Smokers" national ad campaign has generated almost 200,000 additional calls to 1-800-QUIT-NOW, a portal that links callers to their state quitlines, and more than 400,000 additional unique visitors to www.smokefree.gov, a federal website designed to help people quit smoking, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today.

Original title: “Landmark ad campaign yields almost 200,000 more calls to state quitlines after 12 weeks”

Only about half of U.S. adults received selected preventive services such as screenings, consultations and prescriptions, from a health care professional before 2010, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Original title: “Nearly half of U.S. adults were not receiving key preventive health services before 2010”

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) consists of 15 experts in fields associated with immunization who have been selected by the Secretary of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide advice and guidance to the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary for Health, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the control of vaccine-preventable diseases.

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

U.S. high school students have shown significant progress over the past two decades in improving many health-risk behaviors associated with the leading cause of death among youth-motor vehicle crashes-according to the 2011 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, youth are engaging in other dangerous practices such as texting and emailing while driving.

Original title: “U.S. High School Students Improve Motor Vehicle-related Health Behaviors”

CDC will host a telephone-only media availability to discuss the new 2011 results from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey, a survey of high schools students (grades 9-12) conducted every other year.

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing on 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey”

Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin today named the winners of the Surgeon General's Video Contest for Youth and Young Adults. Each of the winners created a video based on the contest theme, "Tobacco - I'm Not Buying It."

Original title: “Surgeon General Announces Video Contest Winners”

Death rates for people with diabetes dropped substantially from 1997 to 2006, especially deaths related to heart disease and stroke, according to researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health.

Original title: “Heart disease and stroke deaths drop significantly for people with diabetes”

People with higher levels of education and higher income have lower rates of many chronic diseases compared to those with less education and lower income levels, according to Health, United States, 2011 - the government's annual comprehensive report on Americans' health.

Original title: “Higher education and income levels keys to better health, according to annual report on nation's health”

An estimated 29.1 million adults (12.7 percent) have been diagnosed with asthma in their lifetimes, and 18.7 million (8.2 percent) still had asthma, according to 2010 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Original title: “Survey reveals growing national impact of asthma”

Young adults are increasing their risk for developing skin cancer, according to two studies by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Cancer Institute.

Original title: “High-risk behaviors for skin cancer common among young adults”

The supplement includes new data from the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), which tracks important foodborne illnesses trends and provides information used to assess the impact of food safety initiatives on the burden of foodborne illness.

Original title: “New report provides a decade of analysis of various foodborne illnesses”

Six organizations and one person are recipients of the Pioneering Innovation Award for their work in advancing policies and environmental strategies to prevent and control obesity.

Original title: “CDC Recognizes Obesity Prevention and Control Initiatives with Pioneering Innovation Awards”

CDC will host a telebriefing to present findings of a study being presented at CDC's Weight of the Nation obesity conference, "Obesity and Severe Obesity Forecasts through 2030."

Original title: “Weight of the Nation Telebriefing”

Weight of the Nation Conference The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will host its second Weight of the Nation conference, designed to provide a forum to highlight progress in the prevention and control of obesity through policy, systems and environmental approaches to help advance healthy eating and active living.

Original title: “CDC to Host Second Weight of the Nation Conference to Address Obesity”

A new state-by-state breakdown of health care-associated infections shows reductions in infection rates across the country.

Original title: “CDC issues state health care-associated infection report”

CDC will host a telephone-only media briefing to discuss the new Vital Signs report that describes 10-year trends in unintentional injury deaths among persons aged 0-19 years.

Original title: “CDC Media Advisory on Vital Signs Report: Unintentional Injury Deaths Among Persons Aged 0-19 Years - United States, 2000-2009”

CDC will host a telebriefing to provide an update on measles in the United States.

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing: Measles - United States, 2011”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is hosting the 61st Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference.

Original title: “CDC Hosts 61st Annual Epidemic Intelligence Services (EIS) Conference”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1 in 88 children in the United States has been identified as having an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to a new study released today that looked at data from 14 communities.

Original title: “CDC estimates 1 in 88 children in United States has been identified as having an autism spectrum disorder”