In this update there’s some news on the upcoming big trial in the US City of Hope/National Cancer Institute Covid vaccine for…
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Covid-19 More Trial Results and More Pancoronavirus Vaccines (NextGen Covid Vax Update 21)
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Bias A Meta-Analyst View of Polling Averages and Alternatives
Polls haven’t been great at reflecting how electoral college votes will stack up in the last 2 US Presidential elections. In 2016…
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Covid-19 Mucosal Covid Vax Trials Kicking Into High Gear (Update 20)
Soon, tens of thousands volunteers will be needed for Covid vaccine trials in the US again. At least some of the “mini-efficacy&rdquo…
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History Some Context of What Came Before … Shyamala Gopalan Harris’ Scientist Life
Kamala Harris: “We cannot support and help our young people if we don’t also look at the context in which those young…
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Covid-19 Checking in on Pandemic Impact on Women in Science
Before the pandemic, less than 30% of the world’s STEM researchers were women. When the lockdowns started, it didn’t take long for…
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Covid-19 More Signs of Broad Protection From Next Generation Covid Vaccines (Update 19)
This month, there are some clinical results for a mucosal next generation Covid vaccine – the 30th mucosal vaccine on my list…
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Science Communication More Pandemic Research on Public Trust and Scientists
I’m glad researchers didn’t waste this chance to study public trust while attention to scientists was so intense – and especially since…
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Covid-19 A Mini-Surge of Clinical Trials and Advances for People with Immunosuppression (NextGen Covid Vax Update 18)
It’s been a slow month for reporting of results, but a big one for new trials and for potential improved vaccine boosters…
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Bias What a New Review Reveals About the Mask Effectiveness Debate
Last year I wrote that a day may come, when we have evidence about masks that’s so strong, so convincing, only the…
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Covid-19 Trial Results for Longer-Lasting Covid Vaccines and More (Next Generation Update 17)
This month, there are clinical trial reports for 3 next generation Covid vaccines – including 2 self-amplifying mRNA vaccines that have shown…
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Evidence Scientific Uncertainty Isn’t a Justification for Getting Things Seriously Wrong
The authors got me thinking about the ways scientific uncertainty enables people to lead themselves, and others, astray. That wasn’t what they…
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Covid-19 Mucosal Covid Vaccines Advancing, Plus a New Type of Vax in Development (Next Generation Update 16)
This month, most of the news is in mucosal vaccine development again. These vaccines aim to block Covid infection. An aerosol vaccine…