Last night I gave a talk on Healthy Journalism for the Patient Information Forum, hosted at the Wellcome Trust. I had a…
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General A different type of malaria mapRead more
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General Talking harm reduction with Gerry Stimson, executive director of the IHRARead more
The International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA) are hosting their annual conference in Liverpool, UK, from April 25th -April 29th and I’m looking…
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General PLoS Medicine Series on Global Health DiplomacyRead more
In April PLoS Medicine launched a series on Global Health Diplomacy examining the growing interface between foreign policy and global health. Scholars…
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General This week in PLoS Medicine: Does foreign policy help or hinder global health?; and more!Read more
Read the new papers published in PLoS Medicine this week, including three Research Articles. The first article finds that better family planning…
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General What can science do about malaria?Read more
I just read a fascinating and provocative blog titled ‘Malaria: Can science cripple development?’ by Bart Knols on the TH!NK3: Developing world…
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Mental Health New systematic review identifies gap in treatment for epilepsy in LAMICRead more
A paper just published in the WHO bulletin draws further attention to the global disparity in caring for those with epilepsy between…
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General Ask PLoS Medicine: I don’t have the funds to pay the publication fee. How can I receive a waiver or a discount?Read more
Read about PLOS publication fees…
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General This week in PLoS Medicine: Improving data collection and estimation methods for mortalityRead more
Read the new papers published in PLoS Medicine this week, including three Research Articles and a Perspective that highlight the importance of…
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General From evidence to practice – E2Pi has launchedRead more
Dr. Gavin Yamey, formerly a Senior editor at PLoS Medicine, and Consulting editor at PLoS Neglected Diseases, blogged here a couple of…
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General This week in PLoS Medicine: Decreasing newborn death; H1N1; and more!Read more
Read the new papers published in PLoS Medicine this week, including two Research Articles: The first finds an association between prior seasonal…
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General Can Animal Models of Disease Reliably Inform Human Studies?Read more
Articles published in PLoS Medicine and PLoS Biology today suggest that selective reporting of medical research carried out on animals may be…
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General This week in PLoS Medicine: Preventing road deaths; Bias in animal trial reportsRead more
Read the new papers published in PLoS Medicine this week, including a Research Article that uses computer crash simulations, as well as…