PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases co-Editor-in-Chief Peter J Hotez , Chief Editor of PLOS Medicine Larry Peiperl and Editorial Project Manager of PLOS Collections…
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General Expanding the Blue Marble Health Collection
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Conference news Can Hippocrates prevent overdiagnosis?
Jack O’Sullivan fills us in on highlights and buzz from this year’s Preventing Overdiagnosis conference in Barcelona. Hippocrates’ infamous oath echoed around…
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General Highlighting notable helminth research and a PLOS Science Weds AMA preview for #WormWeek
Update 8/17/16: read the PLOS Science Weds discussion on this topic To many people, worms are considered harmless creatures, if not a little…
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General Humanitarian Emergency in Northeast Nigeria
Jean-Hervé Bradol of Médecins Sans Frontières discusses the humanitarian emergency left in the wake of Boko Haram’s occupation of Borno State, Nigeria…
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Call for Papers Dementia across the lifespan and around the globe—Pathophysiology, prevention, treatment, and societal impact: a Call for Papers
Update: the submission deadline for the Special Issue on Dementia has been extended to October 7. The PLOS Medicine Editors announce a Special…
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General Week 3 of the Special Issue on Preventing Diabetes
PLOS Medicine Senior Research Editor Clare Garvey on week three of the Special Issue on Preventing Diabetes Read about week one Read about…
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General Spotlight on Outreach: PLOS NTDs Cohosts International Writing Workshop in Shanghai, China
Serap Aksoy, co-Editor in Chief of PLOS NTDs and Marian Weidner, Senior Publications Assistant, give an overview of the recent International Writing Workshop As…
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General Setting a new standard for how we measure global health
Christopher Murray, Director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, discusses the Guidelines for Accurate and Transparent Health Estimates Reporting (GATHER) statement and…
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Cholera Catching up with the Authors: Aurélie Jeandron and Ayse Ercumen on Clean Water Supply in the DRC and India
Last October PLOS Medicine published two research articles from separate groups investigating the association between continuous clean water supply and waterborne diseases. Aurélie…
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Alzheimer's Disease The Alzheimer Disease International Conference 2016 – “Think Global, Act Local”
Members of the World Young Leaders in Dementia reflect on the Alzheimer’s Disease International Conference…
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General World Health Day 2016: “Beat Diabetes”
This World Health Day the theme is “Beat Diabetes”, the PLOS Medicine editors are excited for the upcoming Special Issue on Diabetes Prevention…
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Call for Papers Translating the Cancer Genome—Implications for Diagnosis and Treatment: a Call for Papers
Update: the submission deadline for the Special Issue on Cancer Genomics has been extended to July 15. The PLOS Medicine Editors announce…