March 26, 2019
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03/21/2019
Research Article
In this substudy from a 2x2 factorial cluster-randomized trial, Melissa Gladstone & colleagues assess whether improved WASH and/or feeding provide a benefit to early child development. Read the Author Summary.
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Browse Issues 2004 – 2019
03/22/2019
Perspective
Christian Lienhardt & Payam Nahid launch the Collection on Advances in Clinical Trial Design for Development of New Tuberculosis Treatments.
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03/22/2019
Collection Review
In a Collection Review for Advances in Clinical Trial Design for Development of New TB Treatments, Patrick Phillips & colleagues discuss developments in clinical trial design for the evaluation of TB therapeutics.
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03/19/2019
Research Article
Yujin Lee & colleagues model the health benefits and cost-effectiveness of providing subsidies on fresh fruit and vegetables and other healthy foods via Medicaid and Medicare. Read the Author Summary.
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03/13/2019
Research Article
Jean Louis Ndiaye & colleagues assess seasonal malaria chemoprevention added to community case management in children younger than 10 years of age in this cluster-randomized trial in southern Senegal. Read the Author Summary.
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03/13/2019
Research Article
Rishi Desai & colleagues use data from two large US commercial insurance databases to compare brand-name versus authorised generic drugs and negative perception bias. Read the Author Summary.
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03/12/2019
Research Article
Iván Mejía-Guevara & colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
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03/12/2019
Research Article
David Thurtle & colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
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03/07/2019
Essay
Blake Angell & colleagues.
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03/05/2019
Research Article
Oliver Brady & colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
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A PLOS collection devoted to advances in health and biomedicine made possible by the statistical modeling techniques known as machine learning.
Effy Vayena & colleagues argue ML in medicine must offer data protection, transparency, & accountability. Check out the Machine Learning in Health and Biomedicine special issue.
Machine learning in medicine published in PLOS ONE; by Siamak Yousefi & colleagues.
Published in PLOS Computational Biology for the Machine Learning collection; Jun Li & colleagues.
From PLOS ONE; Alexander Aushev & colleagues.
PLOS Medicine's special issue devoted to the health impacts of climate change, Guest Edited by Jonathan Patz and Madeleine Thomson.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number one cause of death and disability globally. Read the research in our CVD collection.
This PLOS collection offers evidence and expert commentary to urge health professionals to treat trafficking as a global health determinant.
HIV infection continues to pose a critical risk to health in many countries. Read the research in our special issue and collection.
This collection, published in collaboration with WHO, focuses on global policy and systems aiming to achieve control of STIs and mitigation of their adverse effects on health.
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