Despite the official retraction of the 1998 Lancet study that suggested a connection between vaccines and autism, as of 2010, 1 in…
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General Why are we so afraid of vaccines?Read more
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General This Week in PLOS Medicine: Noncommunicable Disease Prevention in LMICs, Active Commutes in Urbanizing India, & Traffic Crashes as a Neglected IssueRead more
This week PLOS Medicine focuses on diet, exercise, and road safety with the following new articles: Nine years after the World Health…
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General This Week in PLOS NTDs and PLOS Pathogens: Fungal Spore Diversity; a Novel HAT Treatment; the Circadian Clock and Plant Immunity; and MoreRead more
The following new articles are publishing in PLOS NTDs this week: In this study, Dr. John Thuita and colleagues investigate the potential…
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General “Aleppo Evil” قرحة حلب : The Ulcer, the Boil, the Sandfly, and the ConflictRead more
News Reports out of Syria indicate the emergence of epidemic cutaneous leishmaniasis in the besieged city of Aleppo, adding further to the…
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General This Week in PLOS Medicine: Pharma Patent Extension, Serum Iron & Parkinson’s Disease, & Household Air PollutionRead more
This week PLOS Medicine publishes the following articles: “Evergreening” strategies, where pharmaceutical companies slightly change the formulation of their brand drug into…
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General This Week in PLOS NTDs and PLOS Pathogens: Sickle Cell Anemia as NTD; Experimental Evolution of Pathogenesis; Mimivirus Membrane Assembly; Drug Efficacy Against Helminths; and MoreRead more
The following new articles are publishing in PLOS NTDs this week: Although not an infectious disease, sickle cell anemia (SCA) has many…
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General This Week in PLOS Medicine: The Paradox of Mental Health, Big Tobacco, Psychotherapy, Domestic Violence & Postpartum Depression, & MoreRead more
This week PLOS Medicine focuses on mental health and tobacco policy with new articles: The PLOS Medicine editors discuss the paradox of…
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General This Week in PLOS NTD and PLOS Pathogens: Plant-Virus Ecology; a Genomic Strategy Against P. falciparum; Protective Sand Fly Saliva Proteins; and MoreRead more
This Week in PLOS Pathogens: Wild plants interact with many other living entities such as animals, insects, other plants, as well as…
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General Gun Control, Woopty Doo!Read more
For someone who was lucky enough to grow up and live in a country where guns aren’t household objects, it is difficult…
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General This Week in PLOS Medicine: Integrating Mental Health & HIV Care, Colon & Gastric Cancer, & Essential Pediatric MedicinesRead more
The following new articles are published in PLOS Medicine this week: Continuing with the series providing a global perspective on integrating mental…
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Collections Why Measure Coverage of MNCH?Read more
Dr. Lucy Chappell, Collection Editor of Measuring Coverage of Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, explains what researchers of MNCH in High Income…
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General This Week in PLOS NTDs and PLOS Pathogens: Targeting Schistosome Receptors; the Secret Life of Glycoproteins; New Strategies Against TB; RRV Viral Entry Mediation in Rhesus Monkeys; and MoreRead more
The following new articles are publishing in PLOS NTDs this week: There is not yet a vaccine for schistosomiasis and treatment presently…