The Power of the Pediatrician’s Voice: Reflections on PAS 2018

The Power of the Pediatrician’s Voice: Reflections on PAS 2018   post-info Organizers and award recipients from the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting provide their impressions of this year’s meeting. The Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting, held

Human Intelligence & Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: A day with the Stanford Presence Center

post-iLast week, PLOS Medicine and PLOS ONE editors Linda Nevin and Meghan Byrne attended Human Intelligence & Artificial Intelligence (HIAI) in Medicine, a Stanford Presence Center symposium. HIAI brought together thought leaders in medicine, computer

Journée Scientific Niger

0000-0002-8715-2896 Journée Scientific Niger   Posted January 31, 2018 by post-info PLOS Medicine Specialty Consulting Editor Lorenz von Seidlein presents some highlights from the first Epicentre scientific day in Niger Epicentre, the research arm of

Epicentre/ Médecins Sans Frontières Scientific Day 2017: Research and Discussion from the Malaria Session

0000-0002-8715-2896 Epicentre/ Médecins Sans Frontières Scientific Day 2017: Research and Discussion from the Malaria Session   post-info AddThis Sharing Buttons above PLOS Medicine Specialty Consulting Editor, Lorenz von Seidlein, reports research highlights and his own

MSF Scientific Days: An Opportunity to Think Critically and Do Better

0000-0002-8715-2896 MSF Scientific Days: An Opportunity to Think Critically and Do Better   post-info AddThis Sharing Buttons above Paul Simpson, Deputy Editor of PLOS Medicine, looks forward to the upcoming Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders

Who Draws the Line Between Health and Illness? A Look Ahead to the 2016 Preventing Overdiagnosis Conference

lines-215x90Oxford University’s Jack O’Sullivan catches up with two co-chairs of the the Preventing Overdiagnosis Conference scientific committee— Alexandra Barratt, Professor of Public Health at the University of Sydney, and Ray Moynihan, Senior Research Fellow from

More people, more time, better data – what we need to ‘treat-all’ with HIV

redribbon-e1448993818437-640x320On World AIDS Day 2015 and as the 18th International Conferences on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) is in full swing, Helen Bygrave discusses the implications of the recently announced WHO ‘treat-all’ policy. On

“Don’t just do something, Stand there!”: Highlights from PODC 2015

Jack O’Sullivan (@JackOSullivan3) recounts highlights from the third Preventing Overdiagnosis Conference, hosted last week by U.S. National Cancer Institute. Fifteen hundred years BC, the Ancient Egyptians recognised the potential harms of overtreatment – ‘tumor against the god Xenus, do thou … Continue reading »

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Simple but elusive – why are we still talking about HIV drug delivery?

Ahead of the International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference held in 2015 in Vancouver, Canada (July 19-22), Helen Bygrave of MSF discusses her frustrations with the lack of implementation of simple, programmatic strategies for improving HIV care. My main memory of … Continue reading »

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Visit PLOS at IUMS 2014 in Montréal

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We are pleased to announce that PLOS Pathogens will be exhibiting at the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS), July 27th – August 1st in Montréal.

IUMS unites 3 international congresses of bacteriology and applied microbiology, mycology and eukaryotic microbiology, …

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