For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, the last few weeks have marked the beginning of spring. The trees are in…
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General The Dangers of SpringRead more
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General World Health Day: A new look at old ageRead more
The theme for this year’s World Health Day (held on April 7th) is aging and health. Under the title of ‘Good health…
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Collections Exploring the History of Malaria Transmission ModelingRead more
Mosquitoes are responsible for the transmission of a multitude of pathogens including malaria, dengue and West Nile virus. Modeling the transmission patterns…
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Conference news Conflicted: The War for HealthRead more
CONFLICTED: THE WAR FOR GLOBAL HEALTH MEDSIN GLOBAL HEALTH CONFERENCE 14th-15th April 2012 King’s College London As National Coordinator of Medsin, I…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Human rights in Darfur; Body size & ovarian cancer & moreRead more
Three new articles published this week in PLoS Medicine, with two Research Articles and a Policy Forum. Alexander Tsai and colleagues review…
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Access Why Do We Create Clinical Practice Guidelines?Read more
Guest blogger, Jessie McGowan, ponders why there are so many barriers to using, adapting and implementing clinical practice guidelines. I have been…
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General It’s Good to Talk: Reflections from the IFMSA General Assembly in GhanaRead more
The medical community is a global one – probably an obvious statement, particularly if you read this PLoS blog! However, as a…
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Access Announcing PLoS Currents: DisastersRead more
Today, there are ever more pressing needs for up-to-date information to be quickly available and easily accessible. This has never been more…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: VBAC; cART during PHI; IPTi & moreRead more
This week wraps up the publishing month of March with our monthly editorial and three other new articles. The PLoS Medicine Editors…
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General Conflicts of interest and DSM-5: the media reactionRead more
The fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) will be published next year, but…
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General Silent takedown of the pharma trials database…and moreRead more
Those of you with more than a passing interest in publication bias and other threats to the integrity of the research literature…
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General Zero MDR-TB deaths in children in my lifetime?Read more
Global aspirations I like this year’s STOP TB partnership World TB Day campaign approach. It is ambitious, but I, for one, have…