PLOS NTDs co-Editor in Chief Peter Hotez encourages US President-Elect Donald Trump to support pro-vaccine policies to protect public health. The 2016 US Presidential debates…
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Global Health Vaccinations, Vaccine Science, and a New US PresidentRead more
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Global Health Catching up with the author: Gareth Whiteley on snake venom and antivenom researchRead more
Venomous snakes are widely dispersed across the globe, occupying a range of habits in both terrestrial and marine environments. A major part…
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Global Health Drug Regulation in the Age of Antimicrobial ResistanceRead more
On the eve of the Union World Conference on Lung Health, Bev Stringer of Médecins Sans Frontières discusses how unregulated access to…
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General Expanding the Blue Marble Health CollectionRead more
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases co-Editor-in-Chief Peter J Hotez , Chief Editor of PLOS Medicine Larry Peiperl and Editorial Project Manager of PLOS Collections…
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Conference news Can Hippocrates prevent overdiagnosis?Read more
Jack O’Sullivan fills us in on highlights and buzz from this year’s Preventing Overdiagnosis conference in Barcelona. Hippocrates’ infamous oath echoed around…
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Dementia PLOS Medicine Podcast: Dementia Across the Lifespan and Around the GlobeRead more
PLOS Medicine Associate Editor Tom McBride interviews the Guest Editors for our Special Issue on Dementia, Bruce Miller and Carol Brayne. Listen on Soundcloud…
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Call for Papers PLOS Pathogens Bridges Communities with Polymicrobial ResearchRead more
UPDATE: If interested in submission, please submit a full manuscript or presubmission inquiry directly to the journal office via the online submission system…
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Neglected Diseases Culex Mosquitoes and Zika Virus Infection? Nah.Read more
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases co-Editors-in-Chief Peter J Hotez and Serap Aksoy discuss new research reporting that Culex mosquitos apparently cannot transmit Zika. As…
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General Highlighting notable helminth research and a PLOS Science Weds AMA preview for #WormWeekRead more
Update 8/17/16: read the PLOS Science Weds discussion on this topic To many people, worms are considered harmless creatures, if not a little…
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Epstein-Barr virus CRISPR Puts Up a Fight Against Persistent Herpesviruses: A Short AnimationRead more
A video by Research Square depicts the science behind a PLOS Pathogens research article Since its development, CRISPR technology has been applied…
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General Humanitarian Emergency in Northeast NigeriaRead more
Jean-Hervé Bradol of Médecins Sans Frontières discusses the humanitarian emergency left in the wake of Boko Haram’s occupation of Borno State, Nigeria…
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Global Health Perspectives Toward the Elimination of Hepatitis BRead more
Professor Guangxiang (George) Luo discusses recent advances in antiviral drug development and hepatitis B immunization which hold great promise for achieving the…