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 Checking in on Pandemic Impact on Women in ScienceRead more
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Covid-19 More Signs of Broad Protection From Next Generation Covid Vaccines (Update 19)Read more
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 ScientistsRead more
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)Read more
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 DebateRead more
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)Read more
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 WrongRead more
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)Read more
This month, most of the news is in mucosal vaccine development again. These vaccines aim to block Covid infection. An aerosol vaccine…
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Covid-19 A Huge Boost for Mucosal Covid Vax Development (Next Generation Update 15)Read more
Mucosal vaccines go directly into the mucosal tissue where infection begins – for example, intranasally or via tablets. If they could induce…
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Bias Study Preregistration and Avoiding the Methods Fetish/Demonization TrapRead more
This month, there was a thought-provoking 2-day workshop about preregistering studies, held at the Royal Society in London. The theme was “promises…
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Covid-19 Picking Up Steam: Next Generation Covid Vaccine Update 14Read more
The race for next generation vaccines is steadily heating up now. And this month, we’ve passed a major milestone: The first data…
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Black History Month Black History Month: Early Mental Health PioneersRead more
There’s a chronology of “psychology’s contributions to the belief in racial hierarchy and perpetuation of inequality for people of color in U.S.&rdquo…