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

MTHFR and Birth Defects: Does Type of Folate Matter? How do MTHFR genotypes affect blood folate levels and the risk for birth defects? Here are the answers to some commonly asked questions.
CDC Expert Commentary, February 2020
Updated Pneumococcal Vaccine Recommendations for Older Adults What do the new PCV13 recommendations mean, and how do you implement them in your practice? Here's what you need to know.
CDC Expert Commentary, January 2020
A 'Healthy' Baby With Developmental Delay: Could It Be Zika? Infants with congenital Zika virus exposure may appear healthy at birth. How would you monitor such patients? Test your knowledge with these three cases.
CDC Expert Commentary, January 2020
New Strategies to Prevent MRSA Infections in Your Hospital A community hospital's rate of MRSA bloodstream infections is much higher than the national rate. Would you know what to do to reverse this trend?
CDC Expert Commentary, December 2019
A Teen With Cough: Could This Be Vaping Related? Challenge yourself with this case that illustrates the evaluation and treatment of e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury (EVALI). Would you know what to do?
CDC Expert Commentary, December 2019
Rotavirus Vaccination: 5 Things to Know With rotavirus vaccination rates lagging behind those of other childhood vaccines, many children still suffer from severe rotavirus disease. Here are five things to know.
CDC Expert Commentary, December 2019
Death Certificates: New Tools Make a Tough Task Easier Save time, earn CME credits, and further public health with these new tools for accurate death certificate completion.
CDC Expert Commentary, November 2019
Naloxone Prescribing: 5 Things to Know What are the key things you should know about prescribing this life-saving drug?
CDC Expert Commentary, October 2019
Time for Honest Discussions About Naloxone Access to life-saving naloxone has to get better. Drs Jerome Adams and Debra Houry discuss how.
CDC Expert Commentary, October 2019
5 Things to Know About Acute Flaccid Myelitis Acute flaccid myelitis continues to be confusing and frightening. What is the current state of knowledge about this rare but increasing childhood illness?
CDC Expert Commentary, October 2019
Flu Vaccine Recommendations for the 2019-2020 Season Here are the updates to this season's flu vaccine recommendations.
CDC Expert Commentary, September 2019

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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