Michael W. Painter of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation asks if you are ready for the data explosion in health care, and…
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Global Health Ready or Not: Here Come the DataRead more
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General Time for a jumpstart: accelerating access to new and promising DR-TB drugsRead more
On World TB day, Grania Brigden (@TBbrigden) of Médecins Sans Frontières (@MSF) calls for improved global access to MDR-TB drugs. World TB…
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General The Oral Microbiota Affects More Than Just the MouthRead more
For World Oral Health Day, Lily Berrin, daughter of a periodontist and dental hygienist, highlights recent PLOS Pathogens content to remind us…
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Ebola Engaging the Public on Global HealthRead more
In the wake of Ebola, Sara Gorman (@saragorm) discusses the need to keep the general public engaged and informed on global health…
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Maternal Newborn and Child Health Reflecting on the Maternal Health CollectionsRead more
In celebration of the MHTF-PLOS Maternal Health collaboration we take a look back through the collections and highlight some of the most…
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General Boko Haram and Africa’s Neglected Tropical DiseasesRead more
Peter Hotez (@PeterHotez), Co-Editor in Chief of PLOS NTDs, was named U.S. Science Envoy by the White House and State Department with…
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Big Food Sweetening their own dealRead more
Michael F. Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (@CSPI), comments on a research article appearing in…
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General Open access to anti-Trypanosomatid compounds selected from whole-cell high throughput screeningsRead more
Ana Rodriguez, Deputy Editor of PLOS NTDs, and Julio Alonso Padilla, former visiting fellow at GlaxoSmithKline, announce the disclosure of a large…
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General Chagas Disease: The New NumbersRead more
Peter Hotez (@PeterHotez), Co-Editor in Chief of PLOS NTDs, comments on new WHO estimates of the burden of Chagas disease in Latin…
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General Chlamydia trachomatis –Urgent need for an effective T cell vaccine to combat the silent epidemic of a stealth bacterial pathogenRead more
Toni Darville from the University of North Carolina considers the potential for a successful T cell vaccine to combat the silent epidemic…
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General “Vaccine Hesitancy”: The PLOS Currents CollectionRead more
Peter Hotez (@peterhotez), President of the Sabin Vaccine Institute and Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, announces the launch of PLOS…
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General What Kills Little Kids?Read more
Peter Hotez (@PeterHotez), co-Editor in Chief of PLOS NTDs and Jennifer Herricks (@JenHerricks) of the National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of…