In a Student Forum published by PLoS Medicine this week, medical student Keyan Salari argues that it is crucial that medical students…
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General Speaking of Medicine: The New Home for Student Perspectives at PLoS MedicineRead more
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General HPV – the debate continuesRead more
Making a decision on whether to vaccinate your child against the myriad of diseases for which vaccines are available, and from which…
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General Daily Click: Water bottles have stigmaRead more
Yesterday PLoS Medicine published an article by Daniel Maeusezahl and colleagues on their trial in Bolivia of SODIS, a solar disinfection method…
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General The stone in the bottleRead more
Gavin Yamey, the Senior Magazine Editor of PLoS Medicine, is currently on sabbatical from the journal after being awarded a “mini-fellowship” from…
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General Daily Click: Shine the light on rape in warRead more
The use of rape as a tool of war persists, but attention to it does not. The current Africa tour of US…
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General How many toilets?Read more
In his blog below Gavin Yamey, currently undertaking a Kaiser Family Foundation-funded project in global health reporting in Sudan and East Africa…
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Access Far from the reach of global health programsRead more
Gavin Yamey, the Senior Magazine Editor of PLoS Medicine, is currently on sabbatical from the journal after being awarded a “mini-fellowship” from…
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General A new initiative for neglected tropical diseasesRead more
In light of the current ‘flu pandemic, which serves to remind us that infectious diseases do not respect borders, President Obama announced…
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General Ask PLoS Medicine: No need to request permisson – just be creative!Read more
PLoS Medicine is fast approaching its fifth anniversary, and we’ve noticed that there are a number of recurring questions that get asked…
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General PLoS Journals – measuring impact where it mattersRead more
Re-posted from the PLoS blog, by Mark Patterson, Director of Publishing, PLoS. In 2009, in this online world, how do most scientists…
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General Daily Click: Chagas disease articles published in PLoS Neglected Tropical DiseaseRead more
In a recent post I highlighted a new campaign by Médecins Sans Frontières to draw attention to the burden of Chagas disease…
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General New Universal Trial Number (UTN) from the WHORead more
The World Health Organisation has announced a new system to make clinical trials easier to identify. In a press release on June…