In the wake of the recent devastating earthquakes, PLOS Medicine Consulting Editor Lorenz von Seidlein visited Nepal to assess outbreak risks. Lorenz…
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Cholera Nepal after the recent earthquakes: reconstruction and vaccine-preventable enteric diseasesRead more
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General MSF Scientific Day 2015: a conference without bordersRead more
Sarah Venis, Research Coordinator at Médecins Sans Frontières, highlights the topics at the 2015 MSF Scientific Day, May 7th and 8th in London and New…
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Global Health World Malaria Day 2015: A Conversation between Allan Schapira and Lorenz von SeidleinRead more
On World Malaria Day 2015, Allan Schapira and Lorenz von Seidlein discussed the accomplishments and challenges of the fight against malaria. Lorenz…
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Collections Drugs for Malaria: Need to Overcome Resistance to Artemisinins and Eliminate All Stages of Parasites in a Wide Range of Transmission and Disease SettingsRead more
In their second post honoring World Malaria Day, Kasturi Haldar, Editor-in-Chief of PLOS Pathogens, and Margaret Phillips comment on the challenges for…
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Collections Malaria: Targets and Drugs for All StagesRead more
This is the first of two linked posts commenting on the Malaria: Targets and Drugs for All Stages Collection. For additional analysis from Katsuri Haldar…
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Cancer Cancer Genomics: Data, Data and more DataRead more
PLOS Medicine’s Senior Research Editor, Clare Garvey, recently caught up with Francis Ouellette, the Associate Director of Informatics and Biocomputing at the…
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Cancer Child Cancer Care and Hospital Hygiene – Can We Have One without the Other?Read more
Jocalyn Clark (@JocalynClark) describes the challenge of achieving and maintaining basic cleanliness and sanitation in a children’s cancer ward in Dhaka, Bangladesh…
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Global Health Training the Next Generation of Scientists from Disease Endemic Countries Should be a High Priority in Disease Elimination EffortsRead more
Serap Aksoy, co-Editor in Chief of PLOS NTDs, comments on the importance of training young scientists in the Tropical Infectious Disease community. There is…
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Global Health Ready or Not: Here Come the DataRead more
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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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…