This week PLOS Medicine publishes the following new articles: Compared to twice weekly iron supplements, daily iron supplements for pregnant women do…
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General This Week in PLOS Medicine: Iron Supplements during Pregnancy; Male-Male Consensual Sex, Sexual Violence, & HIV in South Africa; & Malaria SurveillanceRead more
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Book Review Book Review: The Recession Hurt Many People, Now Austerity is Hurting MoreRead more
Jean Adams from Newcastle University, UK reviews “The Body Economic: why austerity kills” by David Stuckler & Sanjay Basu In early 2009…
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Policy Restoring Invisible and Abandoned Trials: A Creative Approach to a Public Good; Now a Creative Approach to Implementation is NeededRead more
Margaret A. Winker, MD, Senior Research Editor, PLOS Medicine, and Virginia Barbour, MD, Chief Editor, PLOS Medicine, on behalf of the PLOS…
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General This Week in PLOS NTDs and PLOS Pathogens: Dams and Disease Triggers, Insights into Disease Transmission Models, African vs. Eurasian Leishmania Genus, P. vivax Vaccine Development, and MoreRead more
The following new articles are publishing in PLOS NTDs this week: Most concern over controversial dam building on the Mekong River focuses…
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General Why are we so afraid of vaccines?Read more
Despite the official retraction of the 1998 Lancet study that suggested a connection between vaccines and autism, as of 2010, 1 in…
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General This Week in PLOS Medicine: Noncommunicable Disease Prevention in LMICs, Active Commutes in Urbanizing India, & Traffic Crashes as a Neglected IssueRead more
This week PLOS Medicine focuses on diet, exercise, and road safety with the following new articles: Nine years after the World Health…
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General This Week in PLOS NTDs and PLOS Pathogens: Fungal Spore Diversity; a Novel HAT Treatment; the Circadian Clock and Plant Immunity; and MoreRead more
The following new articles are publishing in PLOS NTDs this week: In this study, Dr. John Thuita and colleagues investigate the potential…
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General “Aleppo Evil” قرحة حلب : The Ulcer, the Boil, the Sandfly, and the ConflictRead more
News Reports out of Syria indicate the emergence of epidemic cutaneous leishmaniasis in the besieged city of Aleppo, adding further to the…
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General This Week in PLOS Medicine: Pharma Patent Extension, Serum Iron & Parkinson’s Disease, & Household Air PollutionRead more
This week PLOS Medicine publishes the following articles: “Evergreening” strategies, where pharmaceutical companies slightly change the formulation of their brand drug into…
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General This Week in PLOS NTDs and PLOS Pathogens: Sickle Cell Anemia as NTD; Experimental Evolution of Pathogenesis; Mimivirus Membrane Assembly; Drug Efficacy Against Helminths; and MoreRead more
The following new articles are publishing in PLOS NTDs this week: Although not an infectious disease, sickle cell anemia (SCA) has many…
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General This Week in PLOS Medicine: The Paradox of Mental Health, Big Tobacco, Psychotherapy, Domestic Violence & Postpartum Depression, & MoreRead more
This week PLOS Medicine focuses on mental health and tobacco policy with new articles: The PLOS Medicine editors discuss the paradox of…
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Global Health Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health: conclusion of a 5-part seriesRead more
Today we publish part 5 of a series providing a global perspective on integrating mental health care. The final article by Vikram…