February 21, 2025
02/03/2025
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Rajet Vatsa and colleagues have conducted a cluster randomized trial across 40 health facilities testing a digital health platform for maternal-newborn care support in Kenya.
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02/04/2025
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Belinda J Lawford and colleagues provide evidence from a randomised controlled trial to determine whether the use of X-rays to diagnose and explain osteoarthritis influences people's beliefs about osteoarthritis management.
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02/21/2025
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In this randomized clinical trial, Yen TN He and colleagues compare the use of cerclage versus pessary with or without progesterone in the prevention of pre-term birth in twin pregnancies.
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02/03/2025
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Erik Landsverk and colleagues investigate the mechanisms associated with the elevated risk of placenta previa after assisted reproductive technology, while controlling for maternal confounders by using a sibling design.
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02/13/2025
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Using data from the UK Biobank, Kelly J Fleetwood and colleagues investigate the association between depression and the rate of accrual of long-term physical health conditions during middle and older age.
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02/07/2025
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Using an integrated transmission-dynamic model, Lin Geng, Lilith K Whittles and colleagues investigate the efficacy of potential gonorrhea vaccination strategies in the context of historically declining gonorrhea incidence.
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02/06/2025
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By Bethany Hillier and colleagues.
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02/24/2025
Perspective
By Donovan Guttieres and colleagues.
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02/24/2025
Perspective
By James G. Beeson and Daniel Herbert Opi.
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02/04/2025
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By Guiyou Yang, Tünde Montgomery-Csobán and colleagues.
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In this Editorial, Guest Editors Timothy R. Walsh, Ana C. Gales, Ramanan Laxminarayan, and our PLOS Medicine Editor Philippa C. Dodd discuss the Special Issue dedicated to Antimicrobial resistance and emphasize the urgent threat of AMR.
Ruchita Balasubramanian and colleagues, estimate the incidence of hospital-associated infections resistant to antibiotics in 195 countries using point prevalence survey data.
James Neal Russell and colleagues explore antibiotic use and mortality prediction in hospitalised neonates and infants with sepsis.
Silvia Bertagnolio, Amitabh Bipin Suthar, Olga Tosas and Kitty Van Weezenbeek discuss surveillance of antimicrobial resistance, the existing limitations and the implications this has on accurate determination of incidence.
Yin Mo and colleagues investigate implications of antibiotic duration on antibiotic resistance in hospitals.
In this Special Issue, we present a fascinating array of research papers providing insights into various facets of mental health during the pandemic.
This collection of research articles highlights the multi-faceted challenges imposed by drug-resistant bacteria, the consequences for health and economics, and interventions that could lessen the burden.
In this Collection, PLOS Medicine presents high-quality translational research and clinical studies on advances in early cancer detection.
This Special Issue brings together the latest research on child and adolescent health, including strategies to monitor and combat child mortality from birth through adolescence, and environmental impacts on child health and mortality.
This 2019 Special Issue highlights the importance of nutrition for maternal and child health.
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