A massive funding boost from Project NextGen enables 3 phase 2b trials of next generation Covid vaccines to start in the US…
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Covid-19 Advancing Past Early Trials – Plus Shooting for Lifelong Immunity (Next Generation Covid Vax Update 12)
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Evidence From the Lab to Evidence Reviews to Communication (Sicily Conference Part 3)
The Sicily Evidence-Based Healthcare Conference was a treat, and not just because of the glorious location and hospitality. It was big enough…
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Evidence Is Critical Appraisal Training for Clinicians Doomed? (Sicily Conference Part 2)
The first shot against critical appraisal training for clinicians came quickly – in the opening lecture, in fact. And it seemed to…
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Evidence A View From the Sicily Evidence-Based Healthcare Conference
It’s a stunning place. And this conference makes the best of it, held in a hotel overlooking its own Mediterranean beach. The…
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Covid-19 A Bumper News Month for Next Generation Covid Vaccines (Update 11)
There is a lot to get to this month! This month saw the release of at least some clinical trial data on…
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Covid-19 More Next Generation Covid Vaccines Are Heading Into Clinical Trials (Update 10)
This month, we got news that another couple of next generation vaccines are heading into human trials, both with national research agency…
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Science Communication How Is Science Twitter’s “Mastodon Migration” Panning Out?
“Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst and uncertainty.” And Mastodon was the most common destination if they opened…
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Science Communication Some Things I Like About the Expanding Wikipedia Universe
About a week ago, I created an English Wikipedia page for a woman who had an extraordinary life, and left a phenomenal…
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Covid-19 Next Generation Covid Vaccines Update (No 9): Major New Hat in the Ring Plus Important Results
This update is packed with news, with 3 developments standing out in particular. The first is the “major hat” in this post’s…
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Covid-19 This Month’s Progress in Next Generation Covid Vaccines (Update 8)
Next generation vaccines are already varying from each other a lot, just as the first generation did. However, there are several ways…
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Science Communication Substack Versus WordPress Newsletter: First Impressions and Migration Tips
It’s been a relief to migrate my newsletter away from Substack. I’d started on Substack because it was so easy. It was…
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Science Communication 17 Studies Plus Advertising Data Map Out Twitter’s Decline
I rarely look at Twitter these days, but it’s obvious people are having extremely different experiences there. I see some people talking…