06/24/2025
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Anders Husby and colleagues investigate the effect of maternal infections during pregnancy on offspring school grades and intelligence test results in adolescence.
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06/30/2025
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Using influenza surveillance data, Lucy Goodfellow and colleagues model the potential global health impacts and cost effectiveness of next-generation influenza vaccines designed to increase efficacy and breadth.
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07/07/2025
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In a registry-based retrospective cohort study, Huan Yi and colleagues investigated the long-term outcomes of unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (USO), and find that USO is associated with a reduced risk of ovarian carcinoma, but not with increased risk of coronary artery disease and osteoporosis.
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06/26/2025
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Min-Kuang Tsai and colleagues investigate the epidemiological distribution of Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic syndrome and its associations with mortality outcomes in a large Asian cohort.
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06/20/2025
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Natasha L. Pritchard and colleagues develop and validate a new fetal growth chart that can be adjusted for the mean birthweight and standard deviation of any given population: the Fetal Region-specific Optimised Growth Standard.
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06/24/2025
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Gilbert Osena, Geetanjali Kapoor, Erta Kalanxhi and colleagues analyze data on antimicrobial resistance from 205 laboratories across 14 African countries and estimate antibiotic resistance rates in bacterial isolates obtained from patients in hospital and outpatient settings.
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06/25/2025
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06/25/2025
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Pang, Li and colleagues investigate the link between baseline cell-level retinal features and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis risk.
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06/05/2025
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Matthew Hickey and colleagues compare a telehealth intervention to improve hypertension control with primary care clinic-based treatment.
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06/17/2025
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Modeling vaccination with the TAK-003 dengue vaccine can help optimize strategies to reduce health and economic burdens of dengue disease.
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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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