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The First Century of Women in Vaccine Science: 1900-1930s (Part 1)

WEBWomen scientists have had pivotal and leading roles in developing Covid vaccines and been celebrated for it – from Katalin Karikó’s role in mRNA technology and …

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The First Century of Women in Vaccine Science: 1940s-1960s (Part 2)

WEBIsabel Merrick Morgan (1911-1996) was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, the eldest of 4 children of famous biologist parents. Her mother was …

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Absolutely Maybe

WEBAbsolutely Maybe - Evidence and uncertainties about medicine, science culture, and life. The authors got me thinking about the ways scientific uncertainty …

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The Angelina Effect and the Mixed Blessing of Celebrities and Risk

WEB“I hope that other women can benefit from my experience”, wrote Angelina Jolie of her double mastectomy.She showed great courage and generosity, sharing data …

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This Month’s Progress in Next Generation Covid Vaccines (Update 8)

WEBIn the last update, I included some brief results of 2 phase 1 trials of Gritstone Bio’s self-amplifying mRNA vaccine from conference presentations, with a …

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Progress on Next Generation Covid Vaccines (Update 7)

WEBUS Project NextGen. Most of the $5 billion US NextGen money is reportedly earmarked for public-private partnerships through the Biomedical Advanced Research …

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6 Tips for Deciphering Outcomes in Health Studies

WEBSigh! And now on to my tips for deciphering what is reported! 1. The quality of data varies from outcome to outcome within a study. Thinking “this is a good study” is …

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The Weird Disconnect in a Debate About Whether Public Health is

WEB“Is public health becoming illiberal?,” asked Katelyn Jetelina last week.I assumed it would be a classic case of Betteridge’s Law – “Any headline that ends in a …

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Good to Know: Which Websites Can Reduce Anxiety and …

WEBThat’s so nice – thanks, Kathy! Yes, it was a lot of work – it shouldn’t be that hard. Ideally, given the scale in people’s lives, and therefore public health importance, …

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Absolutely Maybe

WEBWhen you choose to publish with PLOS, your research makes an impact. Make your work accessible to all, without restrictions, and accelerate scientific discovery …

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Peeling Back the Layers of “Medical Conservativism”

WEBThe medical conservative, the authors argue, “adopts new therapies when the benefit is clear and the evidence strong and unbiased”, and they tap heavily on the …

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Next Generation Covid Vaccines Update (No 9): Major New Hat in …

WEBThis update is packed with news, with 3 developments standing out in particular. The first is the “major hat” in this post’s title. It’s a new consortium of major …

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A View From the Sicily Evidence-Based Healthcare Conference

WEBDisclosure: I was invited to give one of the keynote presentations at this conference, with travel support from the organizing group (the non-profit GIMBE …

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Breaking Down Pros and Cons of Preprints in Biomedicine

WEBPreprints aren’t cited much in journals in any discipline: the range Larivière found went from 0.2% of journal citations to 6.6% – and citation rates for preprints are …

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Open Badges Redux: A Few Years On, How’s the Evidence Looking

WEBAt the end of the study period, the rate of open data badges was 39%: among research articles in the print issues July-December 2019, I counted a rate of …

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Black History Month: Early Mental Health Pioneers

WEBInez B. Prosser in 1924. In 1933, Inez Beverly Prosser (1895-1934) was the first African-American woman awarded a doctorate (EdD) in psychology by a US …

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Down and Almost Out in Scotland: George Orwell, 1948, and …

WEBGeorge Orwell, Jura, Scotland, December 1947 – Letter to Celia Kirwan. On Christmas Eve 1947, Eric Blair (pen-name, George Orwell) was admitted to Hairmyres …

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Rifts and Bright Spots in Evidence-Based Medicine

WEBIona Heath: “As EBM currently is, it can’t provide the wisdom needed for medicine. Knowledge without wisdom is dangerous.”. “We need more breadth, more …

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Saturated Biases: Where the AHA Advice on Coconut Oil Went …

WEBIn 1961, the AHA called for us all to swallow less saturated fat to reduce our risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD – heart/blood vessel disease and stroke). By the …

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