PLOS Blogs network

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Updated version of the “How Equitable Is It?” tool for assessing equity in scholarly communication models
May 14, 2025 By PLOS

PLOS Biologue

Obituary R. Scott Hawley: A Pioneer in Genetics and Mentor to Many
February 11, 2025 By PLOS

EveryONE

Editor Spotlight Editorial Spotlight: Taiyi He
June 16, 2025 By PLOS

Latitude

Climate Change This Time Was Different
June 13, 2025 By Jamie Males

Speaking of Medicine and Health

Meet Your Editor Meet the Editors of PLOS Mental Health
March 20, 2024 By PLOS Blogs
Global Health PLOS Global Public Health, charting a new path towards equity, diversity and inclusion in global health
June 14, 2021 By PLOS
Mental Health Community as a Superpower: A call for inclusion and mentorship on World Refugee Week 2025
June 20, 2025 By PLOS Mental 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
PLOS Complex Systems Complex Networks and their Applications Conference 2024: Collection
February 21, 2025 By PLOS

Independent Blogs

Absolutely Maybe

Covid-19 Intranasal Vaccine Trial Results and More on Preventing Covid Infection (NextGen Vax Update 29)
May 31, 2025 By Hilda Bastian

DNA Science

Post Owning A Dog May Protect Against Eczema
June 12, 2025 By Ricki Lewis, PhD

All Models Are Wrong

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

PLOS ECR Community

PLOS ECR Community From SciComms to MedComms: An Intro to Medical Communications
April 8, 2025 By Andreas Vilhelmsson

SciComm

Collaboration between scientists Say It Simply, See It Clearly: The Scientist’s Case for Storytelling
April 8, 2025 By billsullivan

Your Say

Your Say It’s Time to Improve Care for Children with Advanced Developmental Needs
December 23, 2024 By Audrey Snider