After weeks of debate, the decision was finally made in February to publish in full two studies that report the cultivation of…
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General Flu Debate Highlights Opacity of Public Health ResearchRead more
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: VBAC; DSM conflicts of interest; Health systems guidanceRead more
This week PLoS Medicine published 5 new articles, including a Perspective tying together two new Research Articles on VBAC. A UK case-control…
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General Putting the World in World Kidney DayRead more
This year, March 8th is World Kidney Day but kidney care for the vast majority of the world’s population remains a distant…
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Global Health Happy International Women’s Day – two steps forward, one step back?Read more
March 8 is International Women’s Day and several global health organizations and advocates are celebrating the achievements of their women colleagues, but also…
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General Pharmaceutical R&D’s Costly MythsRead more
PLoS Guest Bloggers Donald Light and Rebecca Warburton discuss myths surrounding the costs of developing new drugs. A recent article in Forbes…
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Access PLoS/HIFA2015 Webinar, 28th March 2012: Can Open Access publishing provide Healthcare Information For All by 2015?Read more
You are invited to attend the first HIFA2015 Webinar, supported by PLoS, the Public Library of Science, a HIFA2015 Supporting Organisation and…
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Mental Health What is a traumatic experience if you live in Mogadishu?Read more
The woman in front of me in the clinic looked worried. Her child, a small creature, was struggling to resist efforts to…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Cancer & contraceptives in South Africa; Neonatal care in LMICs; Pregnancy in smoke-free Scotland & moreRead more
Four new articles were published this week in PLoS Medicine, including the beginning of a series on health systems guidance. A case-control…
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General Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Causal Link?Read more
Although injury and death define war, every war is unique in its predominant types of injury and causes of death. World War…
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General Pathogens and People: Reflections from HaitiRead more
PLoS Pathogens Deputy Editor Grant McFadden reflects on his recent trip to Haiti as part of a volunteer medical team. It is…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: End-of-life care; Clean Delivery Kits; Mortality in seniors & moreRead more
Four new articles published this week in PLoS Medicine, including our monthly editorial and a new Essay returning to the need for…
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General Speaking of Medsin…Read more
Since I first read her diary Anne Frank has been one of my heroes. Now, you might ask, what does Anne Frank…