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

Dear Nurses, Your COVID Vaccine Experience Matters Many nurses still question whether COVID-19 vaccination is right for them, and whether they are safe and effective. Here are the 5 most common questions nurses have about COVID-19 vaccines.
CDC Expert Commentary, April 2021
Common COVID Vaccine Administration Errors to Watch For Build your knowledge and confidence in vaccinating against COVID-19 by knowing the most common error types.
CDC Expert Commentary, April 2021
A Man With Fever, Fatigue, and a Trip to Nigeria A 36-year-old man returns from a trip to Nigeria with fever, fatigue, and muscle aches. Blood cultures drawn at urgent care and a rapid diagnostic test for malaria are negative. What's your diagnosis?
CDC Expert Commentary, March 2021
Does Your Patient Have Latent TB Infection? Test Your Knowledge Learn how to identify and treat latent tuberculosis infection, thereby preventing TB disease and accelerating progress toward elimination.
CDC Expert Commentary, February 2021
How to Report COVID Vaccine-Related Adverse Events As Americans start receiving their first COVID-19 vaccines, additional data on potential adverse events are needed in real time. Here's how you can help.
CDC Expert Commentary, January 2021
CDC Doc Addresses Today's Pandemic and the Next A CDC physician's experience battling antibiotic resistance in a COVID-19 world.
CDC Expert Commentary, November 2020
The COVID Complication You Might Miss An emerging complication of both severe influenza and COVID-19 may not be known to many healthcare providers. It can lead to deadly results.
CDC Expert Commentary, November 2020
Flu Vaccine 2020-2021 Recommendations Influenza immunization will be more critical than ever this fall. Read this summary from the CDC.
CDC Expert Commentary, October 2020
PrEP During COVID-19: 5 Things to Know Accessing care at the places where PrEP is prescribed is harder to do during a pandemic. Here are five things to know about PrEP in the era of COVID-19.
CDC Expert Commentary, September 2020
Latent TB Infection: New Guidelines and Preferred Treatments More than 80% of tuberculosis disease cases in the US result from untreated latent TB infection. Here are five things to know about treating latent TB infection.
CDC Expert Commentary, April 2020
It's Tick Season: 5 Things to Know About Lyme Disease Tests Prepare for tick season by reviewing these five things to know about Lyme disease testing.
CDC Expert Commentary, April 2020
Helping Patients Quit Tobacco: 5 Things to Know Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of disease and death in the United States. Here are five things clinicians should know to effectively help patients quit.
CDC Expert Commentary, March 2020
Protecting Youth From e-Cigs: 5 Things to Know If you have not identified kids in your own practice who are using e-cigarettes, you may not be asking the right questions.
CDC Expert Commentary, March 2020
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

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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