PLOS Blogs Network

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The Official PLOS Blog

Open Research The pandemic showed scholarly publishing a better path forward
June 5, 2023 By Alison Mudditt

PLOS Biologue

Behind the paper Behind the paper: Modifying bacteria metabolism to increase susceptibility to antibiotics
May 31, 2023 By PLOS Biology

EveryONE

Editor Spotlight Editor Spotlight: Mabel Aoun
May 15, 2023 By Shein Ei Cho

Latitude

Climate Change Behind the paper: Lethal heatwaves are challenging India’s sustainable development
May 24, 2023 By Jamie Males

Speaking of Medicine and Health

Global Health PLOS Global Public Health, charting a new path towards equity, diversity and inclusion in global health
June 14, 2021 By PLOS
Global Health Transforming health systems: Equipping primary care to manage the health of Singaporeans
June 5, 2023 By PLOS Global Public Health

PLOS Collections

Medicine & Health Sciences IWANN Special Collection 2019: Deep Learning Models in Healthcare and Biomedicine
September 9, 2020 By PLOS Collections
Earth & Environmental Sciences How the COVID-19 pandemic is teaching us to tackle the climate crisis
August 18, 2020 By PLOS Collections
Medicine & Health Sciences Understanding childbirth as a complex salutogenic phenomenon: the EU COST BIRTH Action Special Collection
July 29, 2020 By PLOS Collections
Medicine & Health Sciences Introducing the HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau Special Collection
July 27, 2020 By PLOS Collections

INDEPENDENT BLOGS

Absolutely Maybe

Covid-19 Progress on Next Generation Covid Vaccines (Update 7)
May 30, 2023 By Hilda Bastian

DNA Science

Post Topical Gene Therapy FDA-Approved for Severe Skin Disease, Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa
June 1, 2023 By Ricki Lewis, PhD

All Models Are Wrong

antarctica The things we take for granted
August 10, 2022 By Tamsin Edwards

PLOS ECR Community

Open Access Building a more sustainable future through Open Access research
May 2, 2023 By Andreas Vilhelmsson

SciComm

Public Science Communication Top 14 Discoveries in Human Evolution, 2022 Edition
December 15, 2022 By Jason Organ

Your Say

Health Care Opportunities and Challenges of Conducting Clinical Research in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)
June 5, 2023 By PLOS