Five new articles published this week in PLOS Medicine, closing out our March issue. The PLOS Medicine Editors discuss the need for…
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General This Week in PLOS Medicine: Research literature; Child mortality; Cancer mortality & moreRead more
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General This Week in PLOS Pathogens and NTDs: Dengue burden in SE Asia, Melioidosis in Thailand, Common Architecture of T3SS, Immunopathology of Leishmania infection and moreRead more
New articles publishing in PLOS NTDs this week: Dr. Donald Shepard and colleagues release two complimentary papers, one research article and one…
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MSF Familiar Enemies in Conflict and TBRead more
Charles Ssonko from Médecins Sans Frontières reflects on the challenges of treating TB in unstable settings. Amid the justified excitement surrounding the…
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Policy Is Disease Eradication Always the Best Path?Read more
Sara Gorman from Harvard University discusses the pitfalls of disease eradication efforts. There is no question that the eradication of smallpox, a…
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General Wanted! New Chief Editor for PLOS MedicineRead more
Since 2012, as well as being PLOS Medicine’s Chief Editor, I have combined that role with Medicine Editorial Director for PLOS &ndash…
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Neglected Diseases Taking Down Cholera Means Raising Socioeconomically Depressed Populations UpRead more
International news was thick recently with reports of a cholera outbreak in Havana, Cuba that apparently stemmed from tainted concessions sold at…
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Neglected Diseases Neglected Tropical Diseases and the New PopeRead more
This week 115 cardinals will enter the papal conclave in order to select a new pope. Some newspaper accounts, including those in…
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General This Week in PLOS Medicine: Cost-effective PrEP; Atypical antipsychotics; Electronic patient records; Ethics in participant-led researchRead more
Four new articles published this week in PLOS Medicine: Gabriela Gomez and colleagues systematically review cost-effectiveness modeling studies of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)…
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General This Week in PLOS Medicine: Artemisinin resistance; Monitoring zoonoses; Disseminating research in rural AfricaRead more
Three new articles published this week in PLOS Medicine, starting off our March issue: Francois Nosten and colleagues evaluate malaria prevalence and…
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General Giving back to research participantsRead more
“You have been asking me questions and taking my blood for years but I do not know anything about what you have…
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General Violence Against Individuals with DisabilityRead more
Last week PLOS ONE published a paper on violence against people with disability in England and Wales. The study is a cross-sectional…
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General This Week in PLOS Medicine: mHealth challenges; Syphilis and pregnancyRead more
Two new articles published this week in PLOS Medicine: The PLOS Medicine Editors discuss three key challenges — relating to interoperability, open…