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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General The Oral Microbiota Affects More Than Just the MouthRead more
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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…
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Book Review Book Review: What Cancer Teaches Us About OurselvesRead more
Seth M. Holmes from University of California Berkeley and Molly Hales from University of California San Francisco and Berkeley review Malignant: How…
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General Translating Research into Practice Series: From Inaction to Advocacy: Placing Women and Children at the Center of Sustainable DevelopmentRead more
Originally featured on the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) Blog site, this post is part of the Translating Research into Practice Series which features guest…