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 The infelicities of quarantineRead more
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General This Week in PLOS Medicine: HIV treatment disengagement; Aid displacement; Mental health in GeorgiaRead more
Five new articles published this week in PLOS Medicine, including a Perspective, discussing the further impact of one of our Research Articles…
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General This Week in PLOS Medicine: Call for papers; Benefits of statins; Mental health in LMICsRead more
PLOS Medicine closes out 2012 with three new articles, including an Editorial call for papers: The PLOS Medicine editors issue a call…
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General TEDx San Francisco: 7 Billion WellRead more
Ruby Singhrao reports from last month’s TEDx San Franicsco conference, dedicated to advances in global health. On November 10th 2012, the University…
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General Childhood nonsexual trauma: The long-term outcomes of physical and emotional maltreatment and neglectRead more
Estimates on the prevalence of child maltreatment vary widely, but the numbers are wrenching: around the world, 4%-16% of all children are…
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General The humanitarian impact of European laws targeting Google NewsRead more
David Scales and John Brownstein from Healthmap discuss why laws aimed at news aggregators will have an unintended impact on mapping emerging…
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General This Week in PLOS Medicine: Tuberculosis in LMICs; Trends in infertility; Older persons in humanitarian responseRead more
Three articles published this week in PLOS Medicine: Frank Cobelens and colleagues systematically reviewed research on implementation and cost-effectiveness of the WHO-recommended…
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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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General This Week in PLOS Medicine: Child mortalitity estimates; Food tax; Infectuous disease outbreaksRead more
New method quantifies uncertainty in estimates of child mortality rates Measures of uncertainty should be taken into account when estimating progress towards…
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Conference news A snapshot from “Public Health Science: A national conference dedicated to new research in public health”Read more
Faraz Ahmed reports from last month’s Public Health Science conference dedicated to new research in public health at the Royal Society of…
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General The Corkscrew-like Motion of a Deadly Human ParasiteRead more
In a paper recently published by PLOS Pathogens, Niko Heddergott and colleagues describe how they modeled the remarkable motion of the parasite…
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General This Week in PLOS Medicine: Flexible sigmoidoscopy screening & Home-based HIV testing in AfricaRead more
For December 4 and 11, visit the Speaking of Medicine blog for updates on the latest articles from PLOS Medicine. Two new…