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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Covid-19 No one-size-fits-all solution: combination of handwashing, mask-wearing and social distancing best to tackle COVID-19.
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Covid-19 PLOS Pathogens’ COVID-19 response
Michael Malim and Kasturi Haldar, Editors-in-Chief of PLOS Pathogens, share the journal’s plan to accelerate and amplify COVID-19 research. Open and readily…
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Climate Change World Environment Day 2020: A wake-up call
“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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General Maternal Mortality Falling – But Still Too High
Today’s new estimates of maternal mortality from the United Nations’ Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG) are good news – but not…
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General Short-Term Surgical Mission: A Vehicle for Sustainable Surgical Care Delivery?
Guest bloggers Gita Mody, JaBaris Swain and Maurice Musoni discuss sustainable surgical care delivery and their experience in Rwanda with Team Heart…
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General Increased Information Transparency is Needed to Fight Air Pollution in China
Guest blogger Mike Frick from Asia Catalyst discusses the problem of air pollution in China and the need for better information. One…
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Access Why Do We Create Clinical Practice Guidelines?
Guest blogger, Jessie McGowan, ponders why there are so many barriers to using, adapting and implementing clinical practice guidelines. I have been…
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Conference news Strengthening Rwandan Surgery: Surgical Residents’ Perspective
Guest bloggers Gita Mody, Robin Petroze & Edmond Ntaganda discuss efforts to strengthen surgical care in Rwanda. In March 2011, the Rwanda…
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General Flu Debate Highlights Opacity of Public Health Research
After weeks of debate, the decision was finally made in February to publish in full two studies that report the cultivation of…
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General Putting the World in World Kidney Day
This year, March 8th is World Kidney Day but kidney care for the vast majority of the world’s population remains a distant…
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General Pharmaceutical R&D’s Costly Myths
PLoS Guest Bloggers Donald Light and Rebecca Warburton discuss myths surrounding the costs of developing new drugs. A recent article in Forbes…
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General Pathogens and People: Reflections from Haiti
PLoS Pathogens Deputy Editor Grant McFadden reflects on his recent trip to Haiti as part of a volunteer medical team. It is…