By Renee Hoch, Managing Editor, PLOS Publication Ethics Team and Emily Chenette, Editor in Chief, PLOS ONE PLOS Global Public Health has…
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Policy An Update to the Human Subjects Research Policy on PLOS Global Public Health
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Global Health PLOS Medicine Author Interview: Daiane Machado, PhD
Below, Senior Editor Richard Turner interviews Daiane Machado, PhD, co-author of a research article investigating the association between rates of suicide and…
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Covid-19 No one-size-fits-all solution: combination of handwashing, mask-wearing and social distancing best to tackle COVID-19.
Alexandra Teslya, Thi Mui Pham, Noor Godijk, Mirjam Kretzschmar, Martin Bootsma and Ganna Rozhnova from the University Medical Center Utrecht (The Netherlands)…
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15th Anniversary Stunting: concept, causes, consequences, and cure: PLOS Medicine 15th Anniversary
As part of the 15th Anniversary celebration, Specialty Consulting Editor Lars Åke Persson discusses PLOS Medicine‘s impact in the field of maternal and child…
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15th Anniversary Improving health equity through new models of primary care: PLOS Medicine 15th Anniversary
Academic Editor Margaret Kruk celebrates 15 years of PLOS Medicine by discussing an article that described reductions in mortality rates following the expansion…
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15th Anniversary 15 Years of a Movement for Open Access Medical Science: PLOS Medicine 15th Anniversary
To kick off the celebration of PLOS Medicine‘s 15th Anniversary, Specialty Consulting Editor Sanjay Basu discusses the journal’s contributions to scientific communication and…
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Editorial Citizens’ voices for better health and social policies
Representatives from Karolinska Institutet, the Knowledge to Policy Center and the McMaster Health Forum discuss the importance of citizen engagement in policy-making…
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General The next World Bank president: Can Malpass beat expectations?
PLOS Medicine Specialty Consulting Editor Lorenz von Seidlein wonders if the controversial new World Bank president can provide effective leadership of the international agency…
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Conference news Report from the 2018 APHA Meeting, Part 2: Approaches to Reducing Gun Violence
In part two of a two-part series from the 2018 meeting of the American Public Health Association, PLOS Medicine Chief Editor Larry Peiperl reports from…
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Conference news Report from the 2018 APHA meeting, Part 1: Research on Racial Disparities in Gun Violence
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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Access Malaria Prevention: Tackling the Gaps in Reaching the Hardest-to-Reach
Estrella Lasry, Tropical Diseases Advisor at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), describes the challenges of combating malaria in populations isolated by geography or violence…
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Global Health Combatting Neglected Tropical Diseases: Much Progress, but Millions of Neglected Patients Lack Access to Care
Julien Potet of Médecins Sans Frontières discusses recent successes and presents suggestions for the next steps in the fight against NTDs. This week scientists…