Chagas disease is a silent killer. Throughout the Americas, an estimated 8–10 million people, most of whom are predominantly poor and marginalized…
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Chagas Declaration of the Global Chagas Disease CoalitionRead more
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General Why Infectious Diseases Still MatterRead more
Sara Gorman explores the interconnectedness of infectious and chronic diseases. The headlines are everywhere. “Non-communicable diseases outsmart infectious diseases.&rdquo…
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Global Health Why Maternal Mental Health Should be a PriorityRead more
Dr. Sara Gorman from Columbia University discusses the importance of treating maternal mental illness. As 2015 quickly approaches, the global health community…
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General The Long Road to Repair: A U.S. National Post-doc for Science Education and AdvocacyRead more
Placing young scientists at the front lines with the American public and honoring the legacy of Dr. Richard Feynman This week PLOS…
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Policy Why Mental Illness-Focused Gun Control May Be More Harmful Than HelpfulRead more
Dr. Sara Gorman examines the risks involved with mental illness-focused gun control. In the aftermath of the mass shooting earlier this year…
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Policy Restoring Invisible and Abandoned Trials: A Creative Approach to a Public Good; Now a Creative Approach to Implementation is NeededRead more
Margaret A. Winker, MD, Senior Research Editor, PLOS Medicine, and Virginia Barbour, MD, Chief Editor, PLOS Medicine, on behalf of the PLOS…
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General Eliminating Neglect and Neglected Tropical DiseasesRead more
PLOS NTDs Editor-in-Chief, Peter Hotez, highlights progress in the elimination of neglected tropical diseases through mass drug administration and other measures. This…
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Policy Is Disease Eradication Always the Best Path?Read more
Sara Gorman from Harvard University discusses the pitfalls of disease eradication efforts. There is no question that the eradication of smallpox, a…
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General Facing Up to the US Gun Problem: Steps in the Right DirectionRead more
The United States has a gun problem, but if the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting has any silver lining, perhaps the US…
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General The infelicities of quarantineRead more
In 2009, as panic struck global health systems confronted with the H1N1 flu epidemic, a familiar strategy was immediately invoked by health…
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General Estimates from the Global Burden of Disease can become a global public good only if the data are made publicRead more
As most of the global health community may be aware, today the long-awaited findings of the Global Burden of Disease 2010 (GBD2010)…
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Collections No More Guesstimation: How to Reliably Estimate Trends in Child MortalityRead more
Reliable estimates of child mortality are critical for monitoring progress toward Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG-4), so I asked Dr. Kenneth Hill…