Tom Yates from University College London reviews Peter Gøtzsche’s recent book about the pharmaceutical industry. I have long been concerned about the conduct…
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Book Review Book Review: ‘Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime: How Big Pharma Has Corrupted Healthcare’ by Peter GøtzscheRead more
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General Forced to Flee: Humanitarian Disasters Leave Women at Higher RiskRead more
Tane Luna Ramirez from Médecins Sans Frontières reflects on the challenges of providing care for pregnant women as well as the heightened…
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General Looking for $2 TrillionRead more
The group of 20 (G20) finance ministers meeting in Australia has just announced an ambitious initiative to boost the world’s gross domestic…
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General Is Viral Load Testing for HIV a Realistic Strategy in Developing Countries?Read more
Sara Gorman from Columbia University discusses viral load testing in resource-poor settings In July of 2013, the World Health Organization (WHO) released…
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General Drugs for the Poor, Drugs for the Rich: Why the Current R&D Model Doesn’t DeliverRead more
Manica Balasegaram from the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Access Campaign, reflects on a research and development system that is failing the world’s…
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General Drugs for the Poor, Drugs for the Rich: Why the Current R&D Model Doesn’t DeliverRead more
Manica Balasegaram from the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Access Campaign, reflects on a research and development system that is failing the world’s…
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General Is the American Health Profession Ignoring a Human Rights Issue Hiding in Plain Sight?Read more
James Ridgeway, from Solitary Watch, asks whether the health needs of American prisoners are being neglected. There are 2.3 million people in US…
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General HIV Viral Load Testing in Africa – No Longer Why but How?Read more
Helen Bygrave from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) considers the challenges of making HIV viral load testing an effective reality in sub-Saharan Africa…
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General Tropical Medicine Mystery: Something is Killing Young Men in Central AmericaRead more
Peter Hotez and colleagues from Baylor College of Medicine highlight the mystery of Mesoamerican nephropathy which is killing young men in Central…
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General State of Knowledge on MERS-CoVRead more
Tweeterview with Tony Mounts from WHO http://storify.com/ploscurrents/state-of-knowledge-on-mers-cov-tweeterview-with-to…
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General Speaking of Medicine’s Highlights from 2013Read more
As is traditional at this time of year we look back over some of the best blogs published in Speaking of Medicine…
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General Thanks to our peer reviewers in 2013!Read more
As 2014 begins we’d like to thank those who made it possible for the PLOS Medicine Group journals to serve the scientific…