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

5 Things to Know When Prescribing Topical Antifungals Overuse of topical antifungals, particularly combination antifungal-steroids, can cause adverse effects and drive resistance. Here's what you need to know about judicious use of these medications.
CDC Expert Commentary, July 2024
Initiating a Naloxone Discussion in Opioid-Managed Knee Pain Test your knowledge about the opioid reversal drug naloxone with this interactive quiz.
CDC Expert Commentary, June 2024
Navigating a Patient's Concerns About Managing Low Back Pain A woman presents with persistent back pain that has worsened over the past 6 weeks. How would you treat this patient?
CDC Expert Commentary, May 2024
5 Things to Know: COVID-19 Vaccines for Immunocompromised People CDC experts share what clinicians should know about COVID-19 prevention in immunocompromised patients.
CDC Expert Commentary, May 2024
Q&A: Antiseptic Soap and Nasal Decolonization Infection prevention expert Susan Huang, MD, MPH, shares takeaway points from an intervention to reduce infections and hospitalizations among nursing home residents.
CDC Expert Commentary, May 2024
What to Know About COVID Rebound The CDC's Pragna Patel, MD, MPH, and Dallas Smith, PharmD, answer common questions on COVID-19 rebound cases and antiviral treatment.
CDC Expert Commentary, February 2024
Can You Identify That Pediatric Rash? Test your diagnostic and treatment skills using this patient scenario and corresponding questions.
CDC Expert Commentary, February 2024
5 Things to Know About Antifungal Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Antifungal therapeutic drug monitoring is a useful but underutilized tool in antifungal stewardship, experts say.
CDC Expert Commentary, January 2024
5 Things to Know: Improving Antibiotic Use in Telemedicine CDC's epidemiologist Guillermo Sanchez, PA-C, MSHS, MPH, shares strategies to incorporate antibiotic stewardship into telemedicine appointments.
CDC Expert Commentary, December 2023
Helping Patients Stay Safe From Respiratory Viruses CDC's Demetre Daskalakis, MD, MPH, discusses how to prepare for the 2023-2024 fall and winter virus season.
CDC Expert Commentary, November 2023
5 Things to Know About Alcohol Use During, After Pregnancy CDC's Kathryn Miele and Elizabeth Dang share what you need to know about alcohol screening and intervention in pregnant people.
CDC Expert Commentary, November 2023
5 Things to Know About CDC Yellow Book 2024 The updated book provides key information to discuss with your traveling patients, from vaccine recommendations to the policies and risks associated with substance use in other countries.
CDC Expert Commentary, October 2023
Three Cases of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Clinicians should consider all three etiologies on community-acquired pneumonia presentation to improve antimicrobial stewardship and patient outcomes.
CDC Expert Commentary, September 2023
CDC's New Program Aims to Help Hospitals Combat Sepsis Medscape spoke with CDC contributors Raymund Dantes, MD, MPH, and Hallie Prescott, MD, MSc, about the new Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements to help clinicians improve outcomes from sepsis.
CDC Expert Commentary, September 2023
Dealing With Avian and Variant Influenza A Infections The CDC's Tim Uyeki, MD, discusses trends in avian influenza A and variant influenza A viruses, as well as guidance on prevention and treatment.
CDC Expert Commentary, August 2023

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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