A big first this month for next generation coronavirus vaccine. The first clinical trials for a US-developed pancoronavirus vaccine have been under…
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Covid-19 A Universal Coronavirus Vaccine Pushing Forward (NextGen Covid Vax Update 30)Read more
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Covid-19 Digging Into the Evidence on Covid Vaccines in PregnancyRead more
Decision-making about drugs in pregnancy can be very difficult. Our illogical aversion to clinical trials in pregnancy means people making particularly complex…
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Covid-19 Intranasal Vaccine Trial Results and More on Preventing Covid Infection (NextGen Vax Update 29)Read more
This month, there are the first clinical trial results from an intranasal DNA vaccine, with some signs that it might protect against…
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Science Communication Germany’s Plan for an Open and Independent PubMed Safety NetRead more
A few months ago, I wrote about reasons to be concerned about the reliability of PubMed under the new regime at the…
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Covid-19 More Progress in Vaccines to Reduce Covid Transmission (NextGen Vax Update 28)Read more
This month, there’s good news about an intranasal vaccine in France that has a chance of making it over the line in…
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Listicles 5 Things We Learned About Peer Review in 2024Read 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 Mucosal Covid Vaccine Trials Progress; US R&D Funding Cuts (NextGen Update 27)Read more
This month, there are results from 3 clinical trials of next generation vaccines, including an early safety study of an intranasal vaccine…
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Evidence Paths to Full Open Access for Cochrane ReviewsRead more
The question keeps coming up when I discuss the challenges facing the Cochrane Collaboration: What’s happening with open access for Cochrane reviews?…
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Covid-19 Exciting News from Europe, and Roadblocks in the US (NextGen Covid Vax Update 26)Read more
There are 2 pieces of exciting news from Europe this month. As anticipated, the European Commission has authorized Kostaive, the self-amplifying mRNA…
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Science Communication What if We Can’t Rely on PubMed?Read more
PubMed is incredibly reliable. And a lot depends on it. It’s an ecosystem built around MEDLINE, the steady feed of new publications…
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Covid-19 Another Intranasal Covid Vaccine Trial & More Good News (Update 25)Read more
This month, another intranasal vaccine has gone into clinical trial in Europe. It’s the 32nd mucosal vaccine to start clinical testing &ndash…
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Science Communication When Journal, Scientific Society, and Community Values ClashRead more
A process I’ve been involved with at a journal recently exploded. It was meant to resolve a controversy about a publication, not…