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

Long-COVID Brain Fog Brain fog is one of the most common symptoms after COVID-19 in both people who have been hospitalized and those who have not.
CDC Expert Commentary, March 2023
Emergency Risk Communication for Healthcare Professionals The COCA and HAN team at CDC focuses on emergency preparedness and response communication tailored to healthcare professionals.
CDC Expert Commentary, March 2023
New CDC Center Forecasting the Next Outbreak Modeling now allows CDC to identify and react quickly to emerging infectious disease threats.
CDC Expert Commentary, February 2023
Few Americans Have Had Updated COVID Booster; HCPs Can Help Less than 16% of the US population has received an updated COVID-19 booster, but healthcare professionals can help increase rates.
CDC Expert Commentary, February 2023
One Health Explained One Health recognizes that the health of people, animals, plants, and our shared environment are closely linked and interdependent.
CDC Expert Commentary, February 2023
Updated Opioid Guideline Everyone should receive safe and effective pain care, and the CDC understands that treating patients living with pain can be complex.
CDC Expert Commentary, January 2023
Case : Child With Fever, Neck Pain, Abdominal Pain, Rash Can you make the right diagnosis when a child presents with fever, neck and abdominal pain, and a rash?
CDC Expert Commentary, December 2022
Measles in the US: 5 Things You Need to Know Even if pediatric patients or their families have not traveled recently, they may still be at risk within a community where its members travel internationally and vaccination rates are low.
CDC Expert Commentary, December 2022
5 Things to Know About This Early Flu Season In the past 2 years there was relatively little flu activity, but this time the US is experiencing an early and potentially harsh flu season.
CDC Expert Commentary, November 2022
ME/CFS and Long COVID: Q&A With the CDC's Dr Jennifer Cope The conditions have overlapping symptoms, and both are poorly understood, says Dr Cope.
CDC Expert Commentary, November 2022
Adult RSV: Q&A With the CDC's Michael Melgar, MD RSV is a common cause of respiratory disease in adults, but it can be difficult to differentiate from COVID-19 and influenza by symptoms alone.
CDC Expert Commentary, November 2022
CDC Updates STI Treatment Guidelines Newly updated sexually transmitted infections treatment guidelines provide evidence-based diagnostic, management, and treatment recommendations.
CDC Expert Commentary, October 2022
The Impact of COVID-19 on Antimicrobial Resistance in the US Arjun Srinivasan, MD, deputy director for program improvement in the division of healthcare quality promotion at the CDC, discusses the impact of COVID-19 on antimicrobial resistance.
CDC Expert Commentary, September 2022
Case: Woman Presents to ED With Headache and Hypertension A 25-year-old woman presents with severe, throbbing headache and episodes of blurred vision with BP rising over the next few hours to a hypertensive emergency. Test your diagnostic skills.
CDC Expert Commentary, September 2022
CDC Revamps Flu Vaccine Recommendation for Older Adults Higher-dose and adjuvanted flu vaccines may be more effective in older adults whose immune systems are not as strong.
CDC Expert Commentary, September 2022

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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