Main Points: A 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) is effective in reducing the number of new cases of likely-bacterial community-acquired
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Read moreMain Point: In a PLOS Medicine guest editorial, Paul Glasziou, Professor of Evidence-Based Medicine at Bond University in Australia, explores how open
Read moreMain Points: “Gain-of-function” experiments involving the creation and manipulation of potential pandemic pathogens are too risky to justify, and safer,
Read moreMain Points: Targeted interventions based on genetic risk may not be the best approach for preventing type 2 diabetes and
Read moreMain Points: The risk of experiencing an oxygen deficit at birth (birth asphyxia) increases for babies born to women who
Read moreMain Points: Provision of a snack before mass treatment of schistosomiasis with praziquantel leads to increased uptake of treatment in
Read moreMain Points: Although water from improved sources (such as piped water and bore holes) is less likely to contain fecal
Read moreMain Points: Yellow fever, an acute viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes, is estimated to have been responsible for 78,000 deaths
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