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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today kicks off its 63rd Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference. Held April 28 to May 1, the event highlights the life-saving work of its current EIS officers or "disease detectives"

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) kicks off its 63rd Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference this Monday. This week-long event highlights the life-saving work of its current EIS officers or "disease detectives" and

CDC hosted a media briefing to discuss 20 years of immunization with the VFC program and current measles cases and outbreaks.

CDC will host a media briefing to discuss 20 years of immunization with the VFC program and current measles cases and outbreaks.

The CDC estimates that vaccinations will prevent more than 21 million hospitalizations and 732,000 deaths among children born in the last 20 years. Despite the U.S. immunization program's success, according to CDC officials, 129 people in the U.S

CDC will host a media briefing to discuss 20 years of immunization with the VFC program and current measles cases and outbreaks.

Death records show that American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) death rates for both men and women combined were nearly 50 percent greater than rates among non-Hispanic whites during 1999-2009. The new findings were announced through a series of

Transcript for the telebriefing announcing the release of "Incidence and Trends of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly through Food - Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 10 Sites, 2006-2013."

The nation's food safety grades are out and the results are mixed. CDC's annual report card shows that foodborne infections continue to be an important public health problem in the United States.

Evidence-based interventions at the local and national levels provide promising strategies for reducing racial and ethnic health disparities related to HIV infection rates, immunization coverage, motor vehicle injuries and deaths, and smoking