Open science and transparency are our strongest tools in the fight against fraudulent publishing activities

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PLOS Medicine: published September 26, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004774

Ensuring the safety of newborns and children through community and healthcare actions

Moise Muzigaba, Ayda Taha, Mike English, Junior Mudji, Desire Habonimana, Sophie Jullien, Nuhu Yaqub

PLOS Medicine: published September 11, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004730

A need for new tools for prevention of malaria in pregnancy

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PLOS Medicine: published September 19, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004729

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PLOS Medicine: published September 30, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004736

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PLOS Medicine: published September 2, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004687

Identifying care gaps along the HIV treatment failure cascade: A multistate analysis of viral load monitoring, re-suppression, and regimen switches in Zambia

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PLOS Medicine: published September 3, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004720

Nonoperative treatment versus volar locking plating for distal radius fracture in patients aged 65 years or older (DRIFT trial): A randomized controlled trial

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PLOS Medicine: published September 5, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004728

Vaccination strategies to achieve outbreak control for MPXV Clade I with a one-time mass campaign in sub-Saharan Africa: A scenario-based modelling study

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PLOS Medicine: published September 5, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004726

Adherence thresholds for emtricitabine-tenofovir disoproxil fumarate preexposure prophylaxis against HIV acquisition in cisgender women: A randomized directly observed dosing study

Kenneth K. Mugwanya, Matilda Saina, Nelly R. Mugo, Samantha MaWhinney, Mary Morrow, Torin T. Schaafsma, Deborah Donnell, David V. Glidden, Kenneth Ngure, Clare E. Brown, Elena A. Rechkina, Bhavna H. Chohan, Linxuan Wu, Elex Hill, Eric Koome, Nina Akelo, Sarah Mbaire, Susan A. Morrison, Mary Kibatha, Irene Njeru, Marianne Muriithi, Corwin Coppinger, Lane Bushman, Jared M. Baeten, Peter L. Anderson, for the Women Benchmark Study Team

PLOS Medicine: published September 9, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004732

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and childhood neurodevelopment: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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PLOS Medicine: published September 10, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004558

Machine learning algorithms and their predictive accuracy for suicide and self-harm: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Matthew J. Spittal, Xianglin Aneta Guo, Laurant Kang, Olivia J. Kirtley, Angela Clapperton, Keith Hawton, Nav Kapur, Jane Pirkis, Greg Carter

PLOS Medicine: published September 11, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004581

Maternal-infant rotavirus-specific antibody kinetics to inform timing of vaccine boosting in Malawi: An observational study

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PLOS Medicine: published September 12, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004734

Effect of Paxlovid treatment during acute COVID-19 on Long COVID onset: An EHR-based target trial emulation from the N3C and RECOVER consortia

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PLOS Medicine: published September 15, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004711

Re-evaluating malarial retinopathy to improve its diagnostic accuracy in paediatric cerebral malaria: A retrospective study

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PLOS Medicine: published September 15, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004727

The association of the planetary health diet with type 2 diabetes incidence and greenhouse gas emissions: Findings from the EPIC-Norfolk prospective cohort study

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PLOS Medicine: published September 16, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004633

Prescribed opioid analgesic use in pregnancy and risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in children: A retrospective study in Sweden

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PLOS Medicine: published September 16, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004721

Associations between falls and other serious adverse events and antihypertensive medication in individuals with dementia: An observational cohort study

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Dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine plus sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine versus either drug alone for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: A double-blind, randomized, controlled phase 3 trial from Uganda

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PLOS Medicine: published September 18, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004582

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PLOS Medicine: published September 23, 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004722

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