A New Resource for Evidence-based TB Diagnosis

Posted on September 7, 2009 by Bex Walton

Guest blog by: Madhukar Pai, Editorial Board Member, PLoS Medicine & Section Editor for TB, PLoS ONE
There is palpable excitement in the tuberculosis (TB) scientific community over the introduction of new tools (diagnostics, drugs and vaccines) into TB control activities. However, introduction of new tools must be evidence-based. In 2008, PLoS Medicine published a paper, [...]

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Tarmac tourism

Posted on July 27, 2009 by plos1

Gavin Yamey, the Senior Magazine Editor of PLoS Medicine, is currently on sabbatical from the journal after being awarded a “mini-fellowship” from the Kaiser Family Foundation to undertake a project as a reporter in East Africa and Sudan. In this, his latest blog, Gavin writes from the Kenyan Coast, detailing the difficulties truly rural [...]

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New evidence based approach for PLoS Medicine

Posted on April 28, 2009 by plos1

The editorial published in this week’s PLoS Medicine looks back over the 5 years since the journal made its first call for papers and describes a new evidence-based approach to the aims and scope of the journal, which emphasizes the focus of PLoS Medicine on the diseases and risk factors that cause the greatest losses [...]

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