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

Rotavirus Is Still With Us--How to Prevent an Outbreak Rotavirus outbreaks can affect almost anyone--healthy and unhealthy, young and old, vaccinated and unvaccinated.
CDC Expert Commentary, December 2018
The New Seizure Terminology No more 'grand mal' or even 'partial complex seizures.' Find out which terms are outdated and which are newer and more accurate.
CDC Expert Commentary, November 2018
First-Ever Pediatric Concussion Guidelines: Real-Life Cases Are you up on the new guidelines for evaluating kids with possible mild traumatic brain injury? These cases illustrate key points to be aware of, wherever you encounter these children.
CDC Expert Commentary, November 2018
The Healthcare Provider's Role in Prevention of Maternal Death New information shows that most maternal deaths are preventable, and tools are now available to reverse our devastating maternal mortality rates.
CDC Expert Commentary, October 2018
Flu Vaccination Recommendations for 2018-2019 Flu Season Here are the changes you'll need to know for this season's flu vaccine recommendations.
CDC Expert Commentary, October 2018
Recognition and Management of Drug-Resistant Typhoid Fever Know the signs and symptoms as well as risk factors for typhoid fever, and which tests to order when the infection is suspected.
CDC Expert Commentary, October 2018
Good Nutrition Habits Start Early: How to Empower Parents CDC has many resources to answer parents' common questions about food and feeding.
CDC Expert Commentary, September 2018
Seeking High-Quality Cancer Care for Everyone Outside of clinical trials, we still see large disparities in survival from common cancers among black and white patients.
CDC Expert Commentary, September 2018
Stepping Up Suicide Prevention Evidence-based strategies to prevent suicide are offered by CDC.
CDC Expert Commentary, August 2018
Safe Sleep for Infants: Reduce Risk With the Right Message 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

Slideshows

Infant Outcomes of Zika: New Data New CDC data on more than 1400 infants reveal the adverse outcomes found in infants exposed to Zika in utero.
CDC Expert Commentary, November 2018
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

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