Tuesday June 5th was World Environment Day, an annual event run by the United Nations Environment Programme, with the aim of bringing…
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Policy Celebrate World Environment Day with two new analyses of the public health role in climate changeRead more
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General The Neurological Legacy of Childhood TraumaRead more
It’s almost common knowledge that many people who experienced trauma as children have a harder time in adult life. Indeed, over the…
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Policy Public Access to Publicly Funded ResearchRead more
A petition to the White House is gathering signatures to bring the US President’s attention to the need for public access to…
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Access Getting in the Access LoopRead more
I wish I could attend your webinar on enabling more health researchers in Africa to effectively publish their work but, ironically, I…
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Mental Health Call for papers: PLoS Medicine series on Global Mental Health PracticeRead more
Today PLoS Medicine launches a new series on the best ways to help people with mental health problems around the world. The series…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Global Mental Health Practice; Consequences of human trafficking; REMARKRead more
In a large publishing week for PLoS Medicine, the monthly Editorial announces a new series of papers, along with two of the…
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General Science Publishing and the Dual Use DilemmaRead more
You may be familiar with the controversy over recent research conducted on H5N1 influenza. If you follow science news, it’s been hard…
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MSF Going Digital: Join in the Online Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Scientific DayRead more
Why does a medical humanitarian organisation like Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), hold a yearly scientific conference? The public image of MSF sometimes…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Clinical prediction research; Improving drug formulariesRead more
A new systematic review and checklist publish this week in PLoS Medicine: Walter Bouwmeester and colleagues investigated the reporting and methods of…
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General The Mysteries of the MindRead more
I was in London recently and, pleasingly, was running a little ahead of schedule. I therefore spent a fascinating hour wandering around…
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General Have management papers ever changed practice in healthcare?Read more
Guest blogger Trish Greenhalgh takes on a Twitter challenge Sir Muir Gray, of evidence-based medicine fame, is a man who speaks his…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Pregnancy in DART trial; Health & pharmaceutical R&DRead more
Three new articled published this week in PLoS Medicine, including two magazine pieces on R&D: Diana Gibb and colleagues investigate the effect…