“Is public health becoming illiberal?,” asked Katelyn Jetelina last week. I assumed it would be a classic case of Betteridge’s Law &ndash…
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History The Weird Disconnect in a Debate About Whether Public Health is “Becoming” IlliberalRead more
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Covid-19 Advancing Past Early Trials – Plus Shooting for Lifelong Immunity (Next Generation Covid Vax Update 12)Read more
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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Evidence From the Lab to Evidence Reviews to Communication (Sicily Conference Part 3)Read more
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)Read more
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 ConferenceRead more
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)Read more
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)Read more
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?Read more
“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 UniverseRead more
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 ResultsRead more
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)Read more
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 TipsRead more
It’s been a relief to migrate my newsletter away from Substack. I’d started on Substack because it was so easy. It was…