Nice to see the PLOS Medicine editors together in person for their team retreat/workshop! ☀️🙌 @alisonfarrell.bsky.social @acmdc.bsky.social @droutledge.bsky.social @helenlumbard.bsky.social

🚨 Conference attendance! Front Section Senior Editor Daniel Routledge @droutledge.bsky.social will be at the World Cancer Congress in Hong Kong this week! If you're also attending and want to discuss your research, the journal, open science, or more, feel free to reach out or say hi!🧪 #WCC2026

I first heard Gemma and Jodie present at the @crick.ac.uk Rare Diseases conference earlier this year, and it was a pleasure working with them on this Perspective article that emphasises a valuable message: that lived experience can and does meaningfully inform (rare disease) research🧪👏

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In this Perspective, Gemma Whyatt & Jodi Whitehouse—two women living with the rare condition Congenital Melanocytic Naevus—outline why lived experience must shape #raredisease #research, & discuss how genuine patient-researcher partnership transforms science, care & identity🧪 #MedSky plos.io/4yaxMqe

Responses to viral outbreaks have changed. In this Editorial, Rebecca Grais outlines how #COVID-19 transformed #outbreak responses from a predominantly public health challenge to a political & security concern, highlighting challenges of managing competing fears and risks🧪 #MedSky plos.io/4fRycuP

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-expressing cells show great potential for the treatment of #autoimmune diseases (AID). In this Perspective, Jule Bachl, Melanie Hagen & Georg Schett discuss challenges & potential of recent CAR-T developments in transforming care for patients with AID🧪 plos.io/4ywwBlt

Progress and promise of CAR-T cell treatment in autoimmune diseases

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-expressing cells bear a great potential for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. In this Perspective, Jule Bachl, Melanie Hagen, and George Schett discuss the challeng...

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#Measles and other #vaccine -preventable diseases are re-emerging worldwide. In this Perspective, Chirag Kumar & Nathan Lo (@nathanlo.bsky.social) outline how targeted policy interventions in locations at greatest risk may be an effective strategy to curb this public health threat🧪💉 plos.io/4vUmchb

Re-emergence of vaccine-preventable diseases in the post-elimination era

Measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases are re-emerging worldwide in locations where they were once eliminated. In this Perspective, Chirag Kumar and Nathan Lo outline how and why targeted poli...

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Despite public health strategies focusing on men’s #mentalhealth and #suicide risk, suicide rates among men remain high. In this Editorial, Seena Fazel outlines why targeted approaches for high-risk individuals should be prioritized alongside broader population-level strategies🧪 plos.io/3TkI9Ij

In this Perspective, Caitlin Ryus and colleagues discuss the #NIH 2025 Public Access Policy, highlighting that while expanding who can read science, the policy risks creating new barriers to who can afford to perform and publish their science 🧪 #MedSky #openscience #openaccess plos.io/4fVTyri

The NIH 2025 Public Access Policy: Immediate access, unequal costs

In this Perspective, Caitlin Ryus and colleagues discuss the NIH 2025 Public Access Policy, highlighting that while expanding who can read science, the policy risks creating new barriers to who can af...

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Suppression of HIV with antiretrovirals eliminates HIV transmission risk: Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U). In this Perspective, Thiago Torres & Paula Luz outline what is needed to improve equity and accuracy in global awareness and education of U=U to reduce stigma. 🧪 #MedSky bit.ly/42OXQcs

📸Some of our editors enjoying the #MSFSciDays conference in London! Please do come along to the @plos.org stand and say hello if you are attending!

PLOS@plos.org · 5mo ago

We are excited to be in London today for @msf.ca Scientific Days and look forward to meeting with communities who are shaping the future of humanitarian global health 🤝 If you are attending, come and say hello to our editors from @plosone.org and @plosmedicine.org! #MSFSciDays @msfsci.bsky.social

In this Perspective, Silja Kosola outlines how social media disproportionately harms youth #mentalhealth, arguing that recent policy changes aimed at protecting youth are welcome, but stricter age limits & greater accountability of #socialmedia companies are needed🧪🧠🤳 #MedSky plos.io/4tBacjj

Connected or chained by social media? Child and adolescent mental health in a digital era

In this Perspective, Silja Kosola outlines how social media disproportionately harms child and adolescent mental health, and argues that while recent policy changes aimed at protecting youth from soci...

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In this Perspective, Sanjay Rajagopalan and colleagues discuss how #climatechange accelerates non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and exacerbates NCD-related mortality, calling for greater visibility and funding to address this syndemic 🧪🌍 #MedSky #climate #health plos.io/3RxvUqV

Climate change and non-communicable diseases: An invisible syndemic

In this Perspective, Sanjay Rajagopalan and colleagues discusses how climate change accelerates non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and exacerbates NCD-related mortality, and calls for greater visibility...

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Why #obesity increases #cancer risk has long remained a biological mystery. In this Perspective, Steven Moore & Patrick Ryan discuss rapid advances in statistical & analytical methods that are opening the door to mechanistic discoveries that may help resolve this question🧪 #MedSky plos.io/4umSMb3

Obesity and cancer: Methodological frontiers for mechanistic discoveries

Why obesity increases cancer risk has long remained a biological mystery. In this Perspective, Steven Moore and Patrick Ryan discuss rapid advances in statistical and analytical methods that are now o...

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It's #WorldImmunizationWeek 💉this year's theme is "for every generation, vaccines work". This week we are amplifying this message by highlighting research & perspectives evaluating & demonstrating the efficacy, safety, cost-effectiveness & impact of #vaccines in protecting health & saving lives🧪

WHO@who.int · 6mo ago

It's #WorldImmunizationWeek Vaccines have saved more than 150 million lives since 1974 — not by accident, but because ordinary people made the decision to protect themselves, their children and one another. That’s 6 lives every minute, every day, for more than 5 decades https://bit.ly/4mH2HWi

Integrating spatial #omics with #AI is likely to advance biomarker research & diagnostics. In this Editorial, Academic Editor Nic Reitsam discusses the potential & challenges of utilizing AI in the development of scalable & reproducible quantification in routine #cancer pathology 🧪

Spatial omics and AI for clinically actionable cancer biomarkers

In this Editorial, Nic Reitsam discusses how integrating spatial omics with artificial intelligence is likely to advance biomarker research and diagnostics, including the potentials and challenges of…

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(1) The future of medicine in a One Health world plos.io/3OsNI5v (2) Living to our full potential: Reassessing global sex inequalities in life expectancy plos.io/41fm8vt (3)From crisis response to country control: Restoring agency and sustainability in global health plos.io/41jaP5w #WorldHealthDay🌍

In recognition of @who.int #WorldHealthDay 🌍, below we highlight three recent Perspectives discussing pressing challenges within #OneHealth, #globalhealth & #publichealth, exemplifying the need for innovative, international & interdisciplinary approaches to improving health around the world🧪 #MedSky

In this Perspective, Amanda Drury and colleagues outline how and why education, communication, and models of care for patients receiving oral systemic anti-cancer therapies must adapt to support safe, equitable, and sustainable treatment 🧪 #cancer #MedSky

Supporting patients receiving oral systemic anti-cancer therapies

In this Perspective, Amanda Drury and colleagues outline how and why education, communication, and models of care for patients receiving oral systemic anti-cancer therapies must adapt to support…

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March is #Endometriosis Awareness Month, and this Editorial by Alex Tosun (@atosun.bsky.social) discusses why greater awareness, education, funding and research for this systemic condition is imperative to redefining pain, equity, and investment in women’s health 🧪🌻 #Medsky plos.io/4slvscE

In recognition of Rare Disease Day, this Perspective by Tudor Groza & co discusses how AI can transform rare disease care when organized around patients, outlining a patient-clinician-AI triad spanning diagnosis, clinical trials, & individualized therapies🧪 #RareDiseaseDay

Reimagining care of people living with rare diseases with artificial intelligence

In this Perspective, Tudor Groza and colleagues discuss how artificial intelligence (AI) can transform rare disease care when organized around the patient journey, outlining a patient-clinician-AI…

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In recognition of International Day of Women and Girls in STEM, this Editorial by Aparajita Chattopadhyay reflects on the gender gap in #STEM in India, outlining socio-cultural & infrastructural factors, recent promising trends, and what is needed to continue these transformations 🧪

Let her shine: Empowering women and closing India’s gender gap in STEM

In recognition of International day of women and girls in STEM, this Editorial by Aparajita Chattopadhyay reflects on the gender gap in STEM in India, outlining socio-cultural and infrastructural…

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PLOS Biology is proud to present our new collection of comment and opinionated review articles on the many facets of #immunometabolism! 🧪 #immunosky #immunology #metabolism plos.io/4c5z6Cn See 🧵⬇️ for more details

The many facets of immunometabolism

This Collection of articles aims to shine a light on the many facets of immunometabolism, highlighting how molecular and cellular mechanisms impact diverse tissue and organismal functions and the exci...

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In this Editorial, PLOS Medicine Editor-in-Chief Till Bärnighausen and Executive Editor Helen Lumbard outline how #climate change and associated extreme weather events are threatening human health, and call for research on the effectiveness of climate adaptation interventions🧪🌍 plos.io/4adxog2

GLP-1-based medications for obesity have seen unprecedented rises in popularity. However, as outlined by Ariana Chao & co in this Perspective, this rapid growth is met with rising concerns about side effects, long-term outcomes & predatory marketing practices🧪 #GLP-1 #obesity #Medsky plos.io/4qAXy2U

Next in our 'meet the editors' is Front Section Senior Editor, Dan Routledge (@droutledge.bsky.social). Dan leads the journal's "magazine" section, handling articles offering perspectives, critiques & guidance for our broad readership of clinicians, researchers, health workers, policymakers & more 🧪

Open research & data transparency protect against unethical activities, but can also introduce integrity risks. In this Perspective, @dmaupin.bsky.social, Matt Spick & Nophar Geifman set out the case for the use of safeguarding practices to protect against data exploitation🧪 #MedSky

Safeguarding Open Science from exploitative practices

Open research and data transparency are a bulwark against unethical activities, but can also introduce integrity risks. In this Perspective, Danny Maupin, Matt Spick and Nophar Geifman argue that…

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Controlling transmission of bacterial #STIs has proven difficult in recent years. In this Perspective, Sami Gottlieb & colleagues highlight the need for innovative research, expedited clinical development & increased investment in the development of #vaccines against bacterial STIs🧪🦠 plos.io/4j7PpjU

Vaccines to prevent bacterial sexually transmitted infections: Promise, progress, and public health potential

Controlling transmission of the bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) gonorrhoea, chlamydia and syphilis has proven difficult in recent years, and new solutions are needed. In this Perspect...

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Analyses of open health datasets can offer valuable contributions to health & medicine, but recent years have seen a proliferation of papers lacking robust or novel findings. In this Editorial, we provide guidance for conducting & reporting high-quality analyses using open datasets🧪 plos.io/4poBmZo

Did you know that you may be eligible to publish in PLOS Medicine without paying an APC? All PLOS journals offer several APC-alternative business agreements through institutional partnerships.📝🧪 To learn more and find out if your institution has an agreement, visit: plos.org/libraries/pa...

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Institutional partners Open access is not truly open without equitable opportunities to publish. To support authors from diverse research communities, funding backgrounds…

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In recognition of World AIDS Day 2025, this Perspective by Gregory Folkers & Anthony Fauci reflects on progress made in #antiretroviral treatments & prevention of HIV/AIDS, highlighting promising therapeutic developments and looking ahead to what is needed to end the #AIDS epidemic 🧪 plos.io/48np3Fu

Treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS: Unfinished business

In recognition of World AIDS Day 2025, this Perspective by Gregory Folkers and Anthony Fauci reflects on the progress made in antiretroviral treatments and prevention of HIV/AIDS, highlighting promisi...

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