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This week in PLoS Medicine: Decreasing newborn death; H1N1; and more!

Read the new papers published in PLoS Medicine this week, including two Research Articles: The first finds an association between prior seasonal flu vaccination and increased risk of 2009 pandemic H1N1 flu and is discussed in a related Perspective. The second assesses the cost-effectiveness of the program that provides free seasonal influenza vaccines to the entire population of Ontario, Canada.

Also published this week, a Health in Action piece that discusses a network that aims to improve infectious disease management through integrated, collaborative clinical research in South East Asia and a Policy Forum that discusses the critical importance of reducing global neonatal mortality in developing countries and how community-based approaches can help.

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