A next generation vaccine has been authorized by a major drug regulator for the first time. It’s based on a next generation…
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Covid-19 A Major First Next Generation Covid Vaccine: Could There Be More in 2024? (Update 13)Read more
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Listicles 5 Things We Learned About Peer Review in 2023Read more
This is my fifth annual research roundup about journal peer review. And we’re only averaging about one randomized trial a year. This…
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Bias Unpacking the Biggest Trial Yet of Naming Authors in Peer ReviewRead more
This is a very important trial. I had been looking forward to its results since it started a few years ago. It’s…
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History The Weird Disconnect in a Debate About Whether Public Health is “Becoming” IlliberalRead more
“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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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…