CDC Expert Commentaries on Medscape

The following videos contain information, guidance and recommendations from CDC experts on important aspects of flu prevention and the flu season. Watch or download below.

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Influenza Vaccination Recommendations by Lisa Grohskopf, MD, MPH

Title: 2017-2018 Influenza Vaccination Recommendations
Posting Date: Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Faculty: Lisa Grohskopf, MD, MPH


video-thumbnailTitle:  No LAIV (Nasal Spray) Flu Vaccine This Season
Posting Date: September 15, 2016
Faculty: Lisa Grohskopf, MD, MPH


video-thumbnailTitle: Flu Vaccine for People With Egg Allergies
Posting Date: September 15, 2016
Faculty: Lisa Grohskopf, MD, MPH


video-thumbnailTitle: CDC Provides Vaccine Recommendations for the 2016-2017 Flu Season
Posting Date: September 15, 2016
Faculty: Lisa Grohskopf, MD, MPH


Flu Vaccine Prevented Millions of Flu Cases During the 2013-2014 Flu SeasonTitle: Flu Vaccine Prevented Millions of Flu Cases During the 2013-2014 Flu Season
Posting Date: Monday, February 17, 2015
Faculty: Sandra Dos Santos Chaves, MD, MSc


Influenza in Pregnancy: Prevention and TreatmentTitle: Influenza in Pregnancy: Prevention and Treatment
Posting Date: Monday, November 24, 2014
Faculty: Sonja Rasmussen, MD


Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, MD, MPHTitle: The 2014-2015 Flu Season: Vaccine Recommendations
Posting Date: Monday, October 6, 2014
Faculty: Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, MD, MPH


CDC tells us about a quantifiable way to estimate the impact of flu vaccination in averting certain flu outcomes, on a seasonal basis.Title: How Effective Is the Flu Vaccine?
Posting Date: Thursday, December 12, 2013
Faculty: Joseph Bresee, MD, Susan B. Yox, RN, EdD

Historical Videos

Videos in this section contain information, guidance or recommendations that are no longer up-to-date. CDC continues to make this content available for historical reference here in this section.

The nation might have avoided an additional 30,000 hospital trips for influenza if the vaccination rate had been 70% as opposed to 44.7%, the agency said.Title: Flu Vaccine Kept 79,000 Out of Hospital Last Year, CDC Says
Posting Date: Thursday, December 12, 2013

 

Photo: Joseph Bresee, MDTitle: Vaccination Recommendations for the 2013-2014 Influenza Season
Posting Date: Friday, September 27, 2013
Faculty: Joseph Bresee, MD
Lead Specialty: Infectious Diseases

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