CSTE Announces Media Coverage Opportunities for Monday, June 9

Do binge drinkers have a preference as to where and what they imbibe, and why
should it matter to the rest of us? If you're at risk of sudden cardiac
arrest, does it make a difference if your community CARES? And, mercy MRSA! Is
there a connection between the family pet and a serious and sometimes fatal
skin infection?

Research findings on these and other important topics will be presented
Monday, June 9 at the CSTE Annual Conference in Denver. Reporters may attend
in person, or telephone interviews can be arranged.

WHERE: Sheraton Denver Hotel (formerly Adams Mark), 1550 Court Place

WHEN:8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

WHAT: Multiple presentations throughout the day, including:

8:00 a.m. -- Welcoming remarks from Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, followed
by acknowledgement of Colorado high school science scholars representing the
Youth Epidemiology Scholars competition and the Poudre High School Science
Olympiad team.

1:30 p.m.-- The Binge Drinking Module and its Relevance to State Alcohol
Control Policies: New research suggests that binge drinking often occurs in
settings that dramatically increase the risk of injury to bingers and others,
a disturbing finding considering that binge drinking accounts for
approximately half of the annual 75,000 alcohol-attributable deaths
nationwide, and opens the door to a host of dangerous behaviors.

3:00 p.m. -- Emerging of MRSA in Pets-Public Health Implications: With the
upsurge in community-acquired cases of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus (MRSA) many people now know that healthy individuals, including school
children, are at risk of contracting the potentially deadly infection. But
what about the family pet? Are Fluffy and Fido MRSA magnets? To what extent
can companion animals infect their humans -- and vice versa?

3:00 p.m. -- Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival: An effort that
began four years ago in Atlanta to collect data about pre-hospital care in
sudden cardiac arrest cases and track patient outcomes is now underway in
cities across the United States, presenting an opportunity for participating
communities to examine what happens when cardiac arrest occurs and make
changes that could mean the difference between life and death.

For more information or to arrange an interview, please contact Lakesha
Robinson at 678.656.9052, or send an email to lrobinson@cste.org.

CONTACT: Lakesha Robinson of the Council of State and Territorial
Epidemiologists (CSTE), Cell: +1-678-656-9052, lrobinson@cste.org

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- June 6/

SOURCE Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists