Medscape Commentaries
CDC Expert Commentaries on Medscape are part of a collaboration between CDC and Medscape. They are designed to deliver CDC’s authoritative guidance directly to Medscape’s physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals. NCHHSTP contributes regular Medscape commentaries on a variety of topics.
A Devastating Surge in Congenital Syphilis: How Can We Stop It?
(STD: Laura Bachmann, MD, MPH)
Posting date: January 23, 2019
Latent TB: Updated Treatment Recommendations
(TB: Philip S. LoBue, MD)
Posting date: December 17, 2018
A Call for Early HIV Diagnosis
(HIV: Phil Peters, MD)
Posting date: January 29, 2018
Protect Patients From a Surge in STDs
(STD: Gail Bolan, MD)
Posting date: January 16, 2018
Health Risks Faced by Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth
(LBG Youth: Jonathan Mermin, MD, MPH)
Posting date: May 22, 2017
Emerging Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea: What’s New and What Now?
(STD: Gail Bolan, MD)
Posting date: Monday, March 06, 2017
Latent Tuberculosis: New Testing Recommendations
(TB: Philip LoBue, MD)
Posting date: December 19, 2016
Preventing HIV Infection in the Primary Care Setting: The Role of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
(Michael S. Saag, MD; Demetre C. Daskalakis, MD, MPH; Christian B. Ramers, MD, MPH, AAHIVS; Dawn K. Smith, MD, MS, MPH)
Posting date: September 20, 2016
Congenital Syphilis Is on the Rise? Reviewing Prevention Steps
(STD: Sarah Kidd, MD, MPH)
Posting date: Monday, July 19, 2016
Acute Hepatitis C Infection in Young Persons Who Use Drugs
(DVH: Scott Holmberg, MD)
Posting date: January 11, 2016
PrEP: Simple and Effective Yet Underused
(HIV: Jonathan Mermin, MD, MPH)
Posting date: November 30, 2015
New STD Guidelines for 2015
(STD: Kimberly Workowski, MD)
Posting date: Monday, October 5, 2015
Prevention of Perinatal Hepatitis B Transmission
(Viral Hepatitis: Sarah Schillie, MD, MPH, MBA)
Posting date: September 08, 2015
The HIV/HCV Outbreak in Indiana: Could It Happen in Your State?
(HIV: Jonathan Mermin, MD, MPH)
Posting date: August 24, 2015
Common Questions about 9-Valent HPV Vaccine
(STD: Lauri Markowitz, MD)
Posting date: June 22, 2015
New HIV Testing Algorithm: A Promising Tool in the Fight Against HIV
(HIV: Philip Peters, MD)
Posting date: January 12, 2015
HIV Care Saves Lives
(HIV: Tom Frieden, MD, MPH)
Posting date: August 24, 2015
Smoking and HIV: A Risky Combination
(HIV: John Brooks, MD)
Posting date: December 22, 2014
Protect the Next Generation: Recommend the HPV Vaccine
(STD: Tom Frieden, MD, MPH)
Posting date: August 18, 2014
HIV Guidelines Updated: Four Groups That Should Receive PrEP
(HIV: Jonathan Mermin, MD, MPH)
Posting date: May 14, 2014
New Drug Available to Treat Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
(TB: Sundari Mase, MD, MPH)
Posting date: March 31, 2014
Contents of This CME/CE Activity
Part 1. CDC Recommendations: One-Time HCV Testing and Linkage to Care for Persons Born 1945-1965
(Viral Hepatitis: John Ward, MD)
Posting date: October 02, 2013
Part 2. Missed Opportunities in the Past: Dealing With the Consequences of HCV Infection Decades Later
(Viral Hepatitis: Hashem El-Serag, MD, MPH)
Posting date: October 02, 2013
Part 3. Your Patient Tests Positive for HCV: Now What?
(Viral Hepatitis: Ray Kim, MD)
Posting date: October 02, 2013
Recommending HPV Vaccine Successfully
(STD: Anne Schuchat, MD)
Posting date: September 03, 2013
Testing for Hepatitis C: New Guidance
(Viral Hepatitis: Chong-Gee Teo, MD, PhD)
Posting date: July 29, 2013
Hepatitis B Vaccine for Adults With Diabetes
(Viral Hepatitis: Trudy Murphy, MD)
Posting date: July 23, 2012
New Regimen Makes Treating Latent Tuberculosis Infection
(TB: Kenneth G. Castro, MD)
Posting date: May 22, 2012
A Silent Epidemic: Why Chronic Hepatitis B Matters
(Viral Hepatitis: John W. Ward, MD)
Posting date: March 14, 2012
