Gina Alvino, PhD, Senior Publications Assistant at PLOS Pathogens, reflects on recent media interest in HIV ‘functional cure’ studies. The March…
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General Extensive Media Coverage of PLOS Pathogens’ recent HIV paperRead more
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General Twin Pillars of Poverty in Black America: NTDs and IncarcerationRead more
PLOS NTDs Editor-in-Chief, Peter Hotez, highlights the continuing disproportionate burden of neglected diseases and incarceration among African Americans. In the United States…
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General This Week in PLOS Pathogens and NTDs: Onchocerciasis Disruption in Mexico, Ae. albopictus and Wolbachia, Foot-and-Mouth Vaccines, the Impact of KdpD/KdpE and MoreRead more
New articles publishing in PLOS NTDs this week: The newly completed genome sequence of S. haematobium together with advanced genetic manipulation technologies…
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General This Week in PLOS Medicine: Research literature; Child mortality; Cancer mortality & moreRead more
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
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 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)…