September 16, 2019
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09/16/2019
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Sydney Rosen and colleagues investigate the performance of a screening algorithm to assess eligibility for rapid HIV treatment initiation. Read the Author Summary.
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09/13/2019
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Cuilin Zhang and colleagues reveal a potential association between polyunsaturated fatty acids in early to midpregnancy with the development of gestational diabetes. Read the Author Summary.
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09/13/2019
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Chia-Hsuin Chang and co-workers study risk of hospitalization for infection in people with hepatitis B or C virus infection without cirrhosis. Read the Author Summary.
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09/12/2019
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Using a novel healthy eating index, Anne Ahrendt Bjerregaard and colleagues reveal a child has a healthier diet in adolescence if its mother did in pregnancy. Read the Author Summary, or the Maternal and Child Health & Nutrition Special Issue.
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09/12/2019
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Roberto Giacomelli and co-authors study treatment of comorbid rheumatoid arthritis and type 2 diabetes via interleukin-1 blockade. Read the Author Summary.
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09/11/2019
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Megan B. Murray and colleagues combine data from a case-control study in Lima, Peru, with previously published prospective studies to investigate whether low vitamin D is associated with risk of developing tuberculosis disease. Read the Author Summary.
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09/10/2019
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Patricia McGettigan and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
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09/09/2019
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Ashish KC and colleagues report on their trial for improving neonatal survival and clinical care with an improved resuscitation protocol in Nepal. Read the Author Summary.
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09/09/2019
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Ben Darlow and colleagues present results of their trial to aid GPs identify lower back pain earlier using a new approach. Read the Author Summary.
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09/09/2019
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Tawanda Chivese and colleagues, for the Maternal and Child Health Special Issue.
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A new PLOS Collection, supported by the WHO, to identify and outline the optimal characteristics of clinical trial designs to inform policy guidance for new TB regimens.
In this Collection Review, Kelley Dooley and colleagues discuss incorporating modern preclinical drug development tools to improve and accelerate the designing and testing of new tuberculosis regimens.
Geraint Davies and colleagues discuss the potential for innovative early-phase clinical trial methods to improve the safety and efficiency of the tuberculosis drug development process.
In this Collection Review for the Novel Treatments for Tuberculosis Collection, Piero Olliaro and Michael Vaillant discuss the considerations when choosing a non-inferiority margin that is meaningful from statistical, ethical, clinical, and health standpoint.
Our most recent Special Issue, this collection focuses on new approaches to fighting and ending TB, including discovery and validation of novel biomarkers and diagnostic technologies, development of new treatments and testing of vaccines.
PLOS Medicine's special issue devoted to the health impacts of climate change, Guest Edited by Jonathan Patz and Madeleine Thomson.
Modern statistical modeling techniques—often called machine learning—are posited as a transformative force for human health. This Special Issue explores the intersections of deep learning and health.
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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