This month intranasal and inhaled versions of a Covid vaccine are heading into a phase 1 trial in the US. The vaccine…
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Covid-19 Another Intranasal Covid Vaccine Starting in the US (NextGen Vax Monthly Update)Read more
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Bias There’s Still Too Much Uncertainty About Conflict of Interest BiasRead more
A paper published this month got me frustrated, yet again, about this situation: There really is still too much uncertainty about conflict…
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Covid-19 Accelerating Development for Some NextGen Covid Vaxes (Update No 39)Read more
Several next generation Covid vaccines are now advancing into mid- or late-stage trials. So this month, I have started a new section—a…
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Covid-19 A Unique Pandemic Control TrialRead more
When I was young, while I understood pandemics that kill millions could happen in theory, I really thought they were a thing…
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Covid-19 Progress for “Universal” Vaccine & More NextGen Covid Vax News (Update No 38)Read more
This month, there are phase 2 results for a self-amplifying mRNA vaccine from Japan—and that vaccine’s developers have recently completed a phase…
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Black History Month Dr Catharine D. Lealtad (1895-1989): An Outspoken Life of Humanitarian ActionRead more
When Catharine Deaver Lealtad died at the age of 93, an obituary for her in the New York Times led a listing…
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Listicles 5 Things We Learned About Journal Peer Review in 2025Read more
Back in 2019 I wrote a couple of posts summarizing what we had learned from research about peer review at journals. Since…
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Covid-19 Another Approval and More NextGen Covid Vax News (Update No 37)Read more
This month, Arcturus’ self-amplifying mRNA vaccine was approved for use in the UK. There were also new clinical trial results for another…
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Covid-19 Major Milestone for Pancoronavirus Vaccines and More (Next Generation Covid Vax Update No 36)Read more
This month, the first clinical trial for a pancoronavirus formulation of an existing Covid vaccine was registered. Although it’s just on the…
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Bias Science Populism, Medicine StyleRead more
I hadn’t been aware of the term science populism until a video about it did the rounds recently. It was a light-bulb…
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Covid-19 More Progress on Next Generation Covid Vaccines, and a Setback in the US (Update No 35)Read more
Last month’s update ran long, so this one covers less than a month – but there’s still a lot of news. There…
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Evidence This Evidence Fundamentally Shifts the Debate About the HPV VaccineRead more
We’ve had to wait a long time to get to this point. If cervical cancer develops after HPV infection, it will take…