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Welcome and thank you for standing by.  At this time all participants are in a listen-only mode until the question and answer session of today's conference.  To ask a question from the phone lines please press star 1 and record your name when

Telebriefing for the New Vital Signs: What can healthcare providers do to help prevent serious staph infections?

VitalSigns Teleconference: Asthma in Children Tramscript

This is a transcript of the January 9, 2018 telebriefing about sleep-related deaths among U.S. babies.

Transcript of teleconference

Transcript of teleconference

Transcript from the June 6th, 2017 Vital Signs - Legionnaires' Disease telebriefing

Transcript for Vital Signs telebriefing: Overprescribing of opioid painkillers is a major cause of the prescription drug overdose epidemic in the United States. In 2012, health care providers in some states prescribed far more painkillers than those

Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death for U.S. children, although deaths have gone down in the past decade. So why are our youngest children still dying in crashes? One of three children who die in a crash is not buckled up.