Michael Morris is a Publications Assistant for PLoS Medicine with a Master of Library Science degree. His previous experience in the library…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Rapid diagnostics; Heart health & diabetes; Follow-up in HIV treatment & moreRead more
At the close of October, PLoS Medicine published 5 new articles, including the monthly editorial: The PLoS Medicine editors reflect on recent…
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Road Traffic Crashes Over 1 Million Dead in Road Traffic Crashes This YearRead more
A few weeks ago the number of people killed in road traffic crashes this year passed the one million mark. In fact…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Predicting polio outbreaks; Community-wide vaccination; Scale-up in medical educationRead more
This week PLoS Medicine publishes three new articles, with a pair of new research articles and policy forum focused on education. Using…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Antibiotic-resistant BSIs; Raw vegetables & heart health; Child contacts of TB casesRead more
Three new articles published this week in PLoS Medicine: Marlieke de Kraker and colleagues calculate excess mortality, excess hospital stay, and related…
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Global Health Medical assistance and crisis mapping: is the hype justified?Read more
Guest post by Sierra Williams Popular data visualization tools and crisis mapping software are increasingly relied upon to better equip on-the-ground medical…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Serologic data on flu infection; HIV self-testing; Disparities in DNA databasesRead more
Four new articles were published this week in PLoS Medicine, including a Research Article and Perspective on an HIV self-test method. Joseph…
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Conference news Mobile treatment teams and new drugs: the fight against sleeping sicknessRead more
Bamako, Mali. Leopard-print chairs, a rather dark conference room filled mainly with African men dressed in either dark suits or colourful long…
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General Diagnosing tuberculosis: Can India take the lead?Read more
No country has more cases of tuberculosis (TB) than India. Research from India played a critical role in the development of the…
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General Sustainability for abolition of user fees in Africa: shared responsibility for a complex problemRead more
As the blog by Rhona MacDonald Encouraging developments for universal access to health care emphasized developing countries continue their march towards achieving…
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General Health Worker Crisis: Time For ActionRead more
This week sees the launch of No Child Out of Reach, a Save the Children report that aims to raise awareness of…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: ART in Haiti; Alcohol-related mortality; humanitarian psychosocial supportRead more
Three new articles published this week in PLoS Medicine: In a cost-effectiveness study, Bruce R Schackman and colleagues compare early versus standard…