For medical students interested in advocacy, action and debate, the last weekend of Easter provided all three in buckets at two of…
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Access Conflict and Open Access: A Tale of Two ConferencesRead more
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: BMI & ischemic heart disease; Nigerian midwivesRead more
Two new articles published this week in PLoS Medicine: A Mendelian randomization analysis conducted by Børge G. Nordestgaard and colleagues using data…
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General Sugar: A Popular Poison?Read more
Yesterday, for me, marked the true end of the Easter festivities as I solemnly finished the last of my Easter eggs. I…
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MSF Responding to Malaria: A View from the GroundRead more
Today we recognize World Malaria Day, a day that for me is filled with contradictions. There are many reasons to feel encouraged…
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Access Open Access and HIFA2015 – where next?Read more
Ginny Barbour, Chief Editor PLoS Medicine, and Neil Pakenham-Walsh, Coordinator, HIFA2015 and CHILD2015 Co-director, Global Healthcare Information Network A few weeks ago…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Competing interests and bias; PPROM; Gaps in health researchRead more
Closing out our April publishing month, PLoS Medicine publishes three new articles, including the monthly editorial which revisits conflicts of interest policies…
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Collections New PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Collection Charts a Course for Elimination of HelminthiasesRead more
More than half of the world’s population is at risk of helminthiases (parasitic worms), and hundreds of millions of people are currently…
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Collections New PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Collection Charts a Course for Elimination of HelminthiasesRead more
More than half of the world’s population is at risk of helminthiases (parasitic worms), and hundreds of millions of people are currently…
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MSF Time to make TB the enemy that can’t hideRead more
As the Kony 2012 campaign continues to sear the image of Joseph Kony into the world’s consciousness, it’s worth remembering that there…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: CD4 count prediction; Silica dust exposure; BCoDE projectRead more
Three new articles published this week in PLoS Medicine. Luis Montaner and colleagues retrospectively apply a potential capacity-saving CD4 count prediction tool…
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General Increased Information Transparency is Needed to Fight Air Pollution in ChinaRead more
Guest blogger Mike Frick from Asia Catalyst discusses the problem of air pollution in China and the need for better information. One…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Metformin efficacy; Food insecurity & HIV risk; Sharing clinical study reports & moreRead more
This week in PLoS Medicine, four new articles were released. Catherine Cornu and colleagues performed a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials of…