Síle Lane from Sense About Science discusses the recent European Court injunction on clinical trial data. The European General Court has issued…
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Access European Court is on the Wrong Side on Patient SafetyRead more
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General This Week in PLOS Medicine: Global Access to Health Information, Integrating Mental Health, Upper GI Bleeds, & CinacalcetRead more
This week PLOS Medicine offers a global perspective on access to health information and integrating mental health. New research articles on mortality…
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Mental Health Q&A with Pamela Collins – lead author of new series in PLOS Medicine on integrating mental healthRead more
In the latest installment of the Speaking of Medicine series of Q&A blog posts, we hear from Pamela Collins, the corresponding author…
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General Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention: Good News in a Year Marked by Malaria EmergenciesRead more
Estrella Lasry from Médecins Sans Frontières reflects on the roll out of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Mali and Chad. In 2012, MSF…
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General This Week in PLOS NTDs and Pathogens: Advancing Neurocysticercosis Research; Ivermectin vs. Onchocerciasis; Rhoptries Revealed; and HCV-Induced Liver DiseaseRead more
The following new articles are publishing in PLOS NTDs this week: Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common cause of adult acquired epilepsy…
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General Should the Alcohol Industry Inform Evidence-Based Health Policy?Read more
In a Policy Forum article published in this week’s PLOS Medicine Jim McCambridge and colleagues analyze submissions made by Alcohol Industry actors…
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General Eliminating Neglect and Neglected Tropical DiseasesRead more
PLOS NTDs Editor-in-Chief, Peter Hotez, highlights progress in the elimination of neglected tropical diseases through mass drug administration and other measures. This…
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MSF Vaccines in Developing Countries: Why the High Prices?Read more
Kate Elder and Jennifer Cohn from Médecins Sans Frontières question why new vaccines are so expensive. Global health leaders will gather in…
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General This Week in PLOS Medicine: Atherosclerosis & Air Pollution, Non-melanoma Skin Cancer, & the Scottish Alcohol IndustryRead more
This week PLOS Medicine published articles ranging from research on the link between air pollution and atherosclerosis to a case study of…
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General Earthquakes, Cyclones, Tsunamis, Floods and Volcanoes – assessing the human impact of eachRead more
This week PLOS Currents: Disasters publishes a set of five papers on the Human Impact of five different Natural Disasters: cyclones, floods…
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Conference news Anyone for an Evidence Summer?Read more
In this gloomy northern hemispheric spring, it seems there is something interesting and encouraging going on in public health. Finally, perhaps the…
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Book Review Book Review: Designed to Allure, Engineered for Harm: The Creation and Marketing of Processed FoodRead more
Bill Wiist from Northern Arizona University reviews “Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us” by Michael Moss In “Salt Sugar…