In November 2013, PLOS Medicine and the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) called for submissions to Year 3 of the MHTF-PLOS Collection…
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Collections When 2 Become 1: Integrating the Health Care needs of Mothers and Infants, the New MHTF-PLOS Collection on Maternal HealthRead more
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General EMA’s Proposed Data Release Policy: Promoting Transparency or Expanding Pharma Control over Data?Read more
Trudo Lemmens of the University of Toronto critiques the recently distributed draft EMA Clinical Trials Data Release Policy. Things were looking…
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General The Blue Marble Health Collection: Redrawing Boundaries that Disease has Already CrossedRead more
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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General New Statistics on ‘Modern-day Slavery’ Reveal a Shameful and Profitable BusinessRead more
Jocalyn Clark analyses the ILO’s shocking recent report that ‘modern-day slavery’ generates billions of dollars globally each year. When updated estimates increase…
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General Scientific Day 2014: The Role of Evidence in Humanitarian AidRead more
Sarah Venis and Philipp du Cros reflect on the theme of this year’s MSF scientific day which will be streamed live online…
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General Is the EMA Poised to Make a Major U-turn on its Transparency Initiative?Read more
In timing that highlights the importance of Clinical Trials Day and the AllTrials campaign, Peter Doshi and Tom Jefferson, two of the…
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General The MSF Scientific Day 2014 will be streamed live online on Friday 23rd MayRead more
PLOS Medicine and BioMed Central are proud to be co-sponsoring this year’s MSF Scientific Day and have co-written this joint blog on…
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General Integrated Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Control: The Early YearsRead more
Peter J Hotez and the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases discuss integrated control measures for NTDs. Among the unusual and striking…
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General Assessing Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention in a Unprecendented Public Health InterventionRead more
PLOS launches a new collection, Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention: Improving Quality, Efficiency, Cost Effectiveness, and Demand for Services during…
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Dengue Arboviruses and Sandwiches: April’s Lunch & Learn with Dr LaBeaudRead more
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 LaBeaudRead more
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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Collections Launch of the PLOS Pediatric Medicine CollectionRead more
PLOS Medicine Editors Rhona MacDonald and Amy Ross on the launch of the new PLOS Pediatric Medicine Collection and the upcoming Pediatric Academic Societies and…