This month, the first clinical trial for a pancoronavirus formulation of an existing Covid vaccine was registered. Although it’s just on the…
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Covid-19 Major Milestone for Pancoronavirus Vaccines and More (Next Generation Covid Vax Update No 36)Read more
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Bias Science Populism, Medicine StyleRead more
I hadn’t been aware of the term science populism until a video about it did the rounds recently. It was a light-bulb…
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Covid-19 More Progress on Next Generation Covid Vaccines, and a Setback in the US (Update No 35)Read more
Last month’s update ran long, so this one covers less than a month – but there’s still a lot of news. There…
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Evidence This Evidence Fundamentally Shifts the Debate About the HPV VaccineRead more
We’ve had to wait a long time to get to this point. If cervical cancer develops after HPV infection, it will take…
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Covid-19 A Bumper Update on Next Generation Covid Vaccines (No 34)Read more
This was always going to be a big month, with results from clinical trials of 2 vaccines, as well as 3 new…
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Science Communication A Mastodon Migration From Bluesky Would Be DifferentRead more
The Mastodon migration from Twitter in 2022 was massive for the non-commercial community network: The number of accounts swelled with more than…
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Covid-19 A Big Month for Progress on Mucosal Covid Vaccination (NextGen Vax Update 33)Read more
It was a bumper month for mucosal Covid vaccines. There were some phase 1 results for an intranasal vaccine from China: It’s…
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Science Communication Wikipedia Is Vital: Channeling Energy Into Micro-Edits Is a Win-Win-WinRead more
Wikipedia is, “without exaggeration, the digital world’s factual foundation,” wrote Josh Dzieza recently. It’s a target because of that, squarely in the…
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Covid-19 More New Covid Vaccine Candidates, Trials, and Preclinical Studies (NextGen Update 32)Read more
This month, there was unexpected Project NextGen news: A new phase 1 clinical trial started, for an exosome vaccine. There was also…
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History Equity in First Nations Census Data: A Tribute to Edna Paisano (1948-2014)Read more
With the US federal workforce, equity and inclusiveness, and government statistics all under assault, it’s timely to consider the effort it took…
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Science Communication Six Months Later: What Their Response on ME/CFS Tells Us About the Cochrane CollaborationRead more
Six months ago, I wrote a post called “When journal, scientific society, and community values clash.” I recounted the tale of the…
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Covid-19 More Clinical Trial Results for Mucosal Covid Vaccines (NextGen Vax Update 31)Read more
After a slow news month for mucosal vaccines in June, this month they take center stage again, with reports for phase 1…
