June 11, 2019
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06/11/2019
Research Article
Nicola Heslehurst and colleagues highlight the association between childhood obesity and maternal pre-pregnancy weight status. Read the Author Summary.
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Browse Issues 2004 – 2019
06/10/2019
Research Article
Olga Tymejczyk and colleagues report on the impact of WHO's universal treatment recommendation for people with HIV in sub-Saharan African countries. Read the Author Summary.
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06/07/2019
Research Article
Charis Marwick and colleagues report on changes in antimicrobial use and bacterial resistance associated with a stewardship intervention in Scotland. Read the Author Summary.
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06/06/2019
Research Article
Michele Eisenga and colleagues study the clinical consequences of, and biomarkers associated with, iron deficiency. Read the Author Summary.
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06/06/2019
Policy Forum
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06/04/2019
Research Article
Yahia Al-Jebari and colleagues reveal no increased risk of congenital malformations in children of men treated for testicular germ cell cancer. Read the Author Summary.
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06/03/2019
Research Article
Ivan Jambor and colleagues validate a magnetic resonance and reporting program for detecting negative predictive value. Read the Author Summary.
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06/03/2019
Research Article
Thomas Clasen and colleagues report their trial in which reduced levels of diarrhea in children result from water filters in Rwanda. Read the Author Summary.
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05/31/2019
Research Article
Izukanji Sikazwe and colleagues report on the use of routine program data to estimate retention of patients in HIV care in Zambia. Read the Author Summary.
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05/29/2019
Policy Forum
In a Policy Forum, Peter Ehrenkranz & coll. discuss the contribution of CD4 and viral load testing to outcomes for people with HIV in LMICs.
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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.
Radojka Savic and colleagues developed a model to describe the amount and rate of drug penetration for seven major tuberculosis drugs into lung tissue. Read the Author Summary.
Six survivors from diverse backgrounds describe how tuberculosis wreaked havoc on their lives and drove them to advocate at a local and global level to improve care and end the suffering caused by the disease, in Speaking of Medicine.
Ankur Gupta-Wright & colleagues present a score to calculate the risk of early mortality for people admitted to the hospital with HIV-associated tuberculosis. Read the Author Summary.
Yongge Liu and colleagues for the Tuberculosis Special Issue.
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.
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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