The global cancer burden for 2016 has been estimated at 17.2 million new cases, with 8.9 million deaths, and the most substantial…
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Call for Papers PLOS Medicine Special Issue: Early detection and Minimal Residual DiseaseRead more
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Climate Change World Environment Day 2020: A wake-up callRead more
“The foods we eat, the air we breathe, the water we drink and the climate that makes our planet habitable all come…
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Covid-19 Two storms brewing in BangladeshRead more
Tropical Cyclone Amphan made landfall on Wednesday, considerably weakened from its peak as a category 5 storm, but still bringing devastating winds…
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Covid-19 Will The COVID-19 Pandemic Make Clinical Research More Efficient?Read more
Alexander T. Limkakeng and Judd E Hollander discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic is changing the way clinical research is conducted and…
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Editorial The fight for a malaria-free BangladeshRead more
On World Malaria Day, Kasturi Haldar, Editor-in-Chief of PLOS Pathogens, Bernard Nahlen and Neil Lobo from the University of Notre Dame…
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Call for Papers World Malaria Day 2020 • Fighting malaria while fighting the COVID-19 pandemicRead more
The WHO estimates that in 2018, there were 228 million cases of malaria in 89 countries, with 405,000 resulting deaths. No…
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Global Health From Project to Protocol: MSF research in practiceRead more
As we countdown to MSF Scientific Days 2020, the MSF scientific days team examine how new medical practice in humanitarian contexts…
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Covid-19 We need to support the WHO, not stop its funding in the middle of a pandemicRead more
The PLOS Medicine Editors discuss the need for global cooperation and solidarity to combat Covid-19, in light of the recent announcement…
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Covid-19 Reducing mortality of COVID-19 with antibody-rich plasma? Europe may have the answer if it comes togetherRead more
Michel Kazatchkine (Special Advisor to the Joint United Nations Program on AIDS (UNAIDS) for Eastern Europe and Central Asia), Jean-Louis Vincent…
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General PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases and COVID-19Read more
A message from PLOS NTDs Managing Editor, Kendall McKenzie We hope you are safe and well during these turbulent times. We would…
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Covid-19 Pandemic responses: planning to neutralize SARS-CoV-2 and prepare for future outbreaksRead more
The PLOS Medicine Editors discuss the Covid-19 pandemic and its its effects on people, societies and health systems In February, in…
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Neglected Diseases Changing of the Guard: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases bids farewell to Serap Aksoy and welcomes Paul BrindleyRead more
A personal farewell from Serap to our editors and readership Dear Friends and Colleagues, It has been a privilege to serve as…