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
- Emergency Risk Communication for Healthcare Professionals
- New CDC Center Forecasting the Next Outbreak
- Few Americans Have Had Updated COVID Booster; HCPs Can Help
- One Health Explained
- Updated Opioid Guideline
- Case : Child With Fever, Neck Pain, Abdominal Pain, Rash
- Measles in the US: 5 Things You Need to Know
- 5 Things to Know About This Early Flu Season
- ME/CFS and Long COVID: Q&A With the CDC's Dr Jennifer Cope
- Adult RSV: Q&A With the CDC's Michael Melgar, MD
- CDC Updates STI Treatment Guidelines
- The Impact of COVID-19 on Antimicrobial Resistance in the US
- Case: Woman Presents to ED With Headache and Hypertension
- CDC Revamps Flu Vaccine Recommendation for Older Adults
Slideshows
- Infant Outcomes of Zika: New Data
- Ocular Findings in Congenital Zika Infection
- Illnesses Linked to Contact With Pets and Farm Animals
- Where Art Meets Science: A Lens on the CDC
- What Foods Are Making People Sick? Recent Major Outbreaks
- An Alarming Trend: Multistate Foodborne Illness Outbreaks
- Foodborne Illness Outbreaks: Most Wanted List
- Hepatitis C: 25 Years From Discovery to Cure
- Neglected Parasitic Infections in the United States
- Risks From Pets and Pet Food
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