CDC Expert Commentary

This special series of commentaries, interviews, and slideshows is part of a collaboration between CDC and Medscape. This content is designed to deliver CDC's authoritative guidance directly to Medscape's physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals.

Expert Commentaries

Safe Sleep for Infants: The Art of Convincing Parents We've made progress, but we have room for improvement in convincing parents and other caregivers to adopt and follow safe sleep recommendations.
CDC Expert Commentary, August 2018
Suspect Congenital Zika? What to Do Next CDC eliminates the guesswork with guidance on next steps when evaluating an infant with possible congenital Zika infection.
CDC Expert Commentary, July 2018
Thinking of a Fluoroquinolone? Think Again Fluoroquinolones are often prescribed even in the absence of any indication for antibiotics, despite their risk for serious harm.
CDC Expert Commentary, July 2018
Milestone Tracking Made Easy A new, free app helps keep track of an infant's developmental milestones.
CDC Expert Commentary, July 2018
Managing Childhood Asthma: The Approach That Works Progress in childhood asthma management has been made, but more work must be done to fully control this chronic condition.
CDC Expert Commentary, June 2018
Hepatitis B Update: Vaccination and Follow-up CDC outlines the indications for hepatitis B vaccination, including the number of doses, postvaccination serology, and when revaccination is needed.
CDC Expert Commentary, June 2018
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: New Resource to Guide Clinical Care Comprehensive new resources guide clinicians in all settings to provide optimal care to patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
CDC Expert Commentary, May 2018
Everything You Need to Know About Shingrix Patients are asking for Shingrix. Know the important facts about storage, preparation, and administration, and what patients should be told before they receive this vaccine.
CDC Expert Commentary, April 2018
Hearing Loss in Newborns: The '1-3-6' Guidelines The '1-3-6 guidelines' for early hearing detection and intervention aren't always followed, missing opportunities to promote language development in infants identified with hearing loss.
CDC Expert Commentary, April 2018
ALS: Much-Needed Help for a Disease With No Cure With a variable presentation, diagnosing ALS isn't always easy, and there is no cure. Knowing about these patient resources is essential.
CDC Expert Commentary, February 2018
2018 ACIP Immunization Schedules: Key Changes Drs David Kim and Candice Robinson, from the CDC, provide a brief bulleted summary of the key changes clinicians should know.
CDC Expert Commentary, February 2018

Slideshows

Ocular Findings in Congenital Zika Infection Images show the range of ocular manifestations in infants with congenital Zika infection.
CDC Expert Commentary, May 2018
Illnesses Linked to Contact With Pets and Farm Animals We love our animals, but occasionally they transmit some fairly serious pathogens, so precautions must be taken.
CDC Expert Commentary, March 2018
Where Art Meets Science: A Lens on the CDC Over a career spanning more than three decades, CDC photographer Jim Gathany has taken some stellar photos of deadly pathogens, flying vectors of disease, and CDC professionals at work.
CDC Expert Commentary, July 2017
What Foods Are Making People Sick? Recent Major Outbreaks This quick review by CDC highlights the country's major outbreaks of foodborne illness in recent months.
CDC Expert Commentary, June 2017
An Alarming Trend: Multistate Foodborne Illness Outbreaks When a foodborne illness affects multiple states, it can be harder to trace and more severe.
CDC Expert Commentary, June 2016
Foodborne Illness Outbreaks: Most Wanted List Have we done enough to prevent foodborne illness, or are we doomed to experience the same kind of outbreaks that we have seen in the past few years?
CDC Expert Commentary, May 2015
Hepatitis C: 25 Years From Discovery to Cure Explore this timeline to learn more about the highlights and milestones from the past 25 years of hepatitis C, from its discovery in 1989 to essentially its cure in 2014.
CDC Expert Commentary, November 2014
Neglected Parasitic Infections in the United States Do you know which 5 parasitic infections are often underrecognized in the United States?
CDC Expert Commentary, May 2014
Risks From Pets and Pet Food Provide your patients with updated information on the prevention of animal-related enteric zoonoses to ensure that they are able to enjoy their pets without getting sick!
CDC Expert Commentary, December 2013
Antibiotics for Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Has your healthcare setting experienced carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae infections? Learn the latest and review practical guidance from CDC.
CDC Expert Commentary, March 2013

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