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 Vaccine
Title: 2017-2018 Influenza Vaccination Recommendations
Posting Date: Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Faculty: Lisa Grohskopf, MD, MPH
Title: No LAIV (Nasal Spray) Flu Vaccine This Season
Posting Date: September 15, 2016
Faculty: Lisa Grohskopf, MD, MPH
Title: Flu Vaccine for People With Egg Allergies
Posting Date: September 15, 2016
Faculty: Lisa Grohskopf, MD, MPH
Title: CDC Provides Vaccine Recommendations for the 2016-2017 Flu Season
Posting Date: September 15, 2016
Faculty: Lisa Grohskopf, MD, MPH
Title: 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
Title: Influenza in Pregnancy: Prevention and Treatment
Posting Date: Monday, November 24, 2014
Faculty: Sonja Rasmussen, MD
Title: The 2014-2015 Flu Season: Vaccine Recommendations
Posting Date: Monday, October 6, 2014
Faculty: Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, MD, MPH
Title: How Effective Is the Flu Vaccine?
Posting Date: Thursday, December 12, 2013
Faculty: Joseph Bresee, MD, Susan B. Yox, RN, EdD
Antiviral Drugs
Title: 2016-2017 Influenza Antiviral Recommendations
Posting Date: January 11, 2017
Faculty: Angela Campbell, MD, MPH
Title: Treating Flu: CDC 2015-2016 Influenza Antiviral Recommendations
Posting Date: Monday, January 25, 2016
Faculty: Angela Campbell, MD, MPH
Title: Neuraminidase Inhibitors: Ready and Able to Tackle the Flu
Posting Date: Monday, April 27, 2015
Faculty: Alicia M. Fry, MD, MPH
Title: High-Risk Patient With Possible Flu? Start Those Antivirals
Posting Date: Monday, April 20, 2015
Faculty: Fiona Havers, MD, MHS
Title: What to Do About the Flu: CDC 2014-2015 Influenza Antiviral Recommendations
Posting Date: December 30, 2014
Faculty: Angela J.P. Campbell, MD, MPH
Title: Influenza in Pregnancy: Prevention and Treatment
Posting Date: Monday, November 24, 2014
Faculty: Sonja Rasmussen, MD
Title: Antivirals, Not Antibiotics, for Influenza
Posting Date: Monday, October 27, 2014
Faculty: Fiona Havers, MD, MHS
Title: When to Give Antiviral Drugs for the Flu
Posting Date: Monday, March 17, 2014
Faculty: Angela J.P. Campbell, MD, MPH
Influenza Diagnostic Testing
Title: Influenza: Fact or Fallacy?
Posting Date: Thursday, January 23, 2014
Faculty: Erin Burns, MA; Alicia Fry, MD
Title: Is It Influenza? Rapid Influenza Diagnostic Tests: Making Improvements in Clinical Practice
Posting Date: Monday, November 9, 2013
Faculty: Doug Jordan, MA
Children with Special Needs
Title: Flu Prevention in Children With Special Needs: A Call to Action
Posting Date: Monday, October 7, 2013
Faculty: Georgina Peacock, MD, MPH
Lead Specialty: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Historical Videos
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Title: Flu Vaccine Kept 79,000 Out of Hospital Last Year, CDC Says
Posting Date: Thursday, December 12, 2013
Title: Vaccination Recommendations for the 2013-2014 Influenza Season
Posting Date: Friday, September 27, 2013
Faculty: Joseph Bresee, MD
Lead Specialty: Infectious Diseases
Title: It’s Not Too Late to Vaccinate! (patients with cardiac disease)
Posting Date: Monday, January 30, 2012
Faculty: Joseph Bresee, MD
Lead Specialty: Infectious Diseases
Title: Antiviral Treatment of Influenza: The Latest Guidelines
Posting Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Faculty: Alicia M. Fry, MD, MPH
Lead Specialty: Infectious Diseases
Title: Get Up to Date on Rapid Influenza Testing
Posting Date: Monday, January 10, 2011
Faculty: Daniel B. Jernigan, MD, MPH
Lead Specialty: Infectious Diseases
Title: It’s a First: Universal Flu Vaccination
Posting Date: Monday, November 22, 2010
Faculty: Daniel B. Jernigan, MD, MPH
Lead Specialty: Infectious Diseases
Title: Healthcare Workers Must Be Vaccinated Against Influenza
Posting Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Faculty: Eric Kasowski, DVM, MD, MPH
Lead Specialty: Infectious Diseases
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