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Gun Control, Woopty Doo!

By Paul Simpson
Posted: May 22, 2013

Category: General | Tagged Gun Control, health policy, public health | 20 Comments

This Week in PLOS Medicine: Integrating Mental Health & HIV Care, Colon & Gastric Cancer, & Essential Pediatric Medicines

By PLOS Medicine
Posted: May 21, 2013

Category: General | Tagged ART, Cancer, colorectal cancer, essential medicines, gastric cancer, ghana, H. pylori, HIV, HIV prevention, Integrating Mental Health Series, pediatric, RNA, smoking, sub-saharan Africa | Leave a comment

This Week in PLOS NTDs and PLOS Pathogens: Targeting Schistosome Receptors; the Secret Life of Glycoproteins; New Strategies Against TB; RRV Viral Entry Mediation in Rhesus Monkeys; and More

By Matt Lopez
Posted: May 16, 2013

Category: General | Leave a comment

Why Measure Coverage of MNCH?

By PLOS Collections
Posted: May 16, 2013

Category: Collections, General | Tagged Africa, developing world, diarrhea, global health, HIV/AIDS, malaria, maternal and perinatal health, maternal health, Measuring Coverage in Maternal | Leave a comment

This Week in PLOS Medicine: Neonatal Mortality, M. pneumonia in Children, Childhood Diarrhoea, & Integrating Mental Health

By PLOS Medicine
Posted: May 14, 2013

Category: General | Tagged child health, clinical trials, diarrhea, diarrhoea, Integrating Mental Health Series, M. pneumoniae, neonatal health, neonatal mortality, noncommunicable diseases, primary care, research priority, respiratory health, Vietnam | Leave a comment

A Collaboration of Friends: Getting to Know Cochrane

By PLOS Guest Blogger
Posted: May 14, 2013

Category: Conference news, General | Tagged Africa, global health, health information, medical literature, systematic reviews | 1 Comment

PLOS NTDs Launches New Collection Focusing on Strongyloides

By Matt Lopez
Posted: May 9, 2013

Category: General, Neglected Diseases | Tagged developing world, neglected tropical diseases | 1 Comment

This Week in PLOS NTDs and PLOS Pathogens: Dengue and Pregnancy; Protection Against B. pseudomallei; Bacterial VOC Diagnostics; H1N1 Antigenic Change; and more

By Matt Lopez
Posted: May 9, 2013

Category: General, Neglected Diseases | Leave a comment

This Week in PLOS Medicine: Integrating Mental Health, Aging & Disability in Malawi, Measuring Maternal & Child Health Coverage, & More.

By PLOS Medicine
Posted: May 7, 2013

Category: General | Tagged aging populations, antibiotic resistance, antibiotics, Disability, domestic violence, global health, Integrating Mental Health Series, intimate partner violence, malawi, maternal and child health, maternal health, Measuring Coverage in Maternal, Mental Health, neonatal health, Newborn, sub-saharan Africa, Suicide, Vietnam | Leave a comment

Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS): Sub-Saharan Africa’s Secret Scourge of Girls and Women

By Peter Hotez
Posted: May 6, 2013

Category: General, Neglected Diseases | 3 Comments

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