Just when the oppressive summer heat and humidity in South Asia seem no longer tolerable, especially to this Northern expatriate new to…
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Cholera Evidently it’s Cholera Season
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General The Blue Marble Health Collection: Redrawing Boundaries that Disease has Already Crossed
Peter J. Hotez, Co-Editor-in-Chief of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, and Larry Peiperl, Chief Editor of PLOS Medicine, on a new PLOS Collection that highlights a…
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Dengue Arboviruses and Sandwiches: April’s Lunch & Learn with Dr LaBeaud
Kathleen Luschek, PLOS staff member, shares April’s Lunch & Learn with Dr Desiree LaBeaud, as part of an ongoing program to further…
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Dengue Arboviruses and Sandwiches: April’s Lunch & Learn with Dr LaBeaud
Kathleen Luschek, PLOS staff member, shares April’s Lunch & Learn with Dr Desiree LaBeaud, as part of an ongoing program to further…
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Dengue The Elderly: A neglected population with neglected tropical diseases
According to the World Health Organization, many of the world’s developed countries consider 65 years as the chronological age when people are…
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Cholera Tackling Cholera in Haiti: A Multi-Faceted Approach
The PLOS medical journals reflect on Haiti’s cholera epidemic, and the value of moving forward with an emphasis on holistic practice and…
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General Celebrating World Water Day with a good WASH
This coming Saturday marks the 22nd year that the United Nations General Assembly has recognized March 22nd as World Water Day. In…
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General Drugs for the Poor, Drugs for the Rich: Why the Current R&D Model Doesn’t Deliver
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 Deliver
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 Could Yellow Fever Return to the United States?
Peter Hotez and Kristy Murray from Baylor College of Medicine highlight the potential for yellow fever to return to the southern cities…
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MSF PLOS & DNDi launch a new Collection celebrating a Decade of Open Access and NTD R&D
In the second post in celebration of the 10th Anniversaries of PLOS and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), PLOS Medicine…
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MSF PLOS & DNDi launch a new Collection celebrating a Decade of Open Access and NTD R&D
In the second post in celebration of the 10th Anniversaries of PLOS and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), PLOS Medicine…