Child marriage is rooted in gender inequality and disproportionately affects girls, compromising their rights to health, education, and economic opportunity. Child marriage…
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Conference news PLOS Mental Health Community Case Studies: Confronting the Mental Health Consequences of Child MarriageRead more
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Written by the PLOS NTDs Editorial Team In November 2021, the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene held its 70th annual…
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When planning began for the 2020 meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, it’s very unlikely that anyone could…
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Conference news Focusing on diversity and representation under the ‘big tent’ of the ASHG 2020 meetingRead more
In late October, the American Society for Human Genetics (ASHG) held its annual meeting was held (October 27-30, 2020), bringing together a…
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Conference news Report from the 2018 APHA Meeting, Part 2: Approaches to Reducing Gun ViolenceRead more
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Conference news Report from the 2018 APHA meeting, Part 1: Research on Racial Disparities in Gun ViolenceRead more
In part one of a two-part series from the 2018 meeting of the American Public Health Association, PLOS Medicine Chief Editor Larry Peiperl discusses new…
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Conference news The Power of the Pediatrician’s Voice: Reflections on PAS 2018Read more
Organizers and award recipients from the 2018 Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting describe talks that left a lasting impression. The Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS)…
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Conference news Human Intelligence & Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: A day with the Stanford Presence CenterRead more
Last week, PLOS Medicine and PLOS ONE editors Linda Nevin and Meghan Byrne attended Human Intelligence & Artificial Intelligence (HIAI) in Medicine…
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Conference news Stanford ChildX 2018: Big ideas for little patientsRead more
PLOS Medicine Associate Editor Linda Nevin shares some highlights from ChildX, a cross-disciplinary science, medicine, public policy and healthcare symposium on research…
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Conference news Journée Scientific NigerRead more
PLOS Medicine Specialty Consulting Editor Lorenz von Seidlein presents some highlights from the first Epicentre scientific day in Niger Epicentre, the research…
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Conference news Epicentre/ Médecins Sans Frontières Scientific Day 2017: Research and Discussion from the Malaria SessionRead more
PLOS Medicine Specialty Consulting Editor, Lorenz von Seidlein, reports research highlights and his own reflections from the Malaria session at last week’s…