PLoS Medicine is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering the full spectrum of the medical sciences. It began operation on October 19, 2004. It was the second journal of the Public Library of Science (PLoS), a non-profit open-access publisher. All content in PLoS Medicine is published under the Creative Commons "by-attribution" license. To fund the journal, the publication s business model requires in most cases that authors pay publication costs.
Community-based interventions to prevent violence against women and girls are cost-effective, could improve population health. Investing in established community-based programs, such as community workshops, to prevent violence ...
Social Sciences
Mar 30, 2022
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Randy Schekman is getting a bit tired of talking about this.
Other
Aug 4, 2020
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Research findings from the Center for Air Quality, Climate, and Energy Solutions (CACES) at Carnegie Mellon University show significant human health benefits when air quality is better than the current national ambient air ...
Environment
Nov 12, 2019
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Research findings from the Center for Air Quality, Climate, and Energy Solutions (CACES) at Carnegie Mellon University show significant human health benefits when air quality is better than the current national ambient air ...
Environment
Jul 24, 2019
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A new paper in PLOS Medicine argues that climate change projections are often misused in health impact studies: they are best suited for shaping public health policies, not for triggering operational actions on the ground.
Environment
Aug 16, 2018
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During the first three years of California's five-year-old cap-and-trade program, the bulk of greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions occurred out of state, thus forgoing in-state reductions in harmful co-pollutants, such as particulate ...
Environment
Jul 11, 2018
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Sometimes the best part of reading a scientific paper is an unexpected moment of recognition—not in the science, but in the humanity of the scientists. It's reassuring in a way to find small departures from the staid scientific ...
Other
May 7, 2018
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Preprints—scientific manuscripts that are posted at a recognized online repository before peer review—have the potential to speed up the reporting of scientific research in infectious disease outbreaks, argue Michael ...
Social Sciences
Apr 3, 2018
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Large ground squirrels called yellow-bellied marmots live much longer, on average, if they are less social and more isolated than if they are more social and less isolated, a UCLA-led long-term study has found.
Plants & Animals
Jan 17, 2018
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