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Vaccine Group Says 76 Rich Countries Now Committed to 'COVAX' Access Plan

Vaccine Group Says 76 Rich Countries Now Committed to 'COVAX' Access Plan

Seventy-six wealthy nations are now committed to joining a global COVID-19 vaccine allocation plan co-led by the World Health Organization (WHO) that aims to help buy and fairly distribute the shots, the project's co-lead said on Wednesday.

More Testing Alone Will Not Get Us out of This Pandemic

More Testing Alone Will Not Get Us out of This Pandemic

Inequities and other social realities must be factored into diagnoses and tracing of COVID-19.

These Scientists Are Giving Themselves D.I.Y. Coronavirus Vaccines

These Scientists Are Giving Themselves D.I.Y. Coronavirus Vaccines

Impatient for a coronavirus vaccine, dozens of scientists around the world are giving themselves - and sometimes, friends and family - their own unproven versions.

Systematize Information on Journal Policies and Practices - A Call to Action

Systematize Information on Journal Policies and Practices - A Call to Action

Recently the creators of Transpose and the Platform for Responsible Editorial Policies convened an online workshop on infrastructures that provide information on scholarly journals. In this blog post they look back at the workshop and discuss next steps.

How the Race for a Covid-19 Vaccine is Getting Dirty

How the Race for a Covid-19 Vaccine is Getting Dirty

Scientists worldwide are working against the clock to find a viable coronavirus vaccine - but are corners being cut for the sake of political gain and profit?

Imaging Methods Are Vastly Underreported in Biomedical Research

Imaging Methods Are Vastly Underreported in Biomedical Research

The poor reporting of imaging methods in the scientific literature is hindering the evaluation and replication of biomedical research.

Women Scientists Have the Evidence About Sexism

Women Scientists Have the Evidence About Sexism

Centuries of bias have impeded the advance of human knowledge. As the COVID-19 pandemic makes evident, new threats may emerge suddenly. The world cannot protect itself without the intelligence and skill of half the human race.

Swiss € 57million Elsevier Deal

Swiss € 57million Elsevier Deal

The publishing contract reads like a classic big deal for journal subscriptions. But then, only a short addendum of 1.5 pages deals with the new Open Access workflow.

Cities: Build Networks and Share Plans to Emerge Stronger from COVID-19

Cities: Build Networks and Share Plans to Emerge Stronger from COVID-19

Responses to the pandemic in India's slums, Brazil's favelas and Africa's marketplaces show that networks play a crucial part in making cities more resilient. Let's enhance and empower them.

How Satellite 'megaconstellations' Will Photobomb Astronomy Images

How Satellite 'megaconstellations' Will Photobomb Astronomy Images

Most detailed report yet about the impact of giant satellite clusters says damage to observations is unavoidable.

Publishers, Are You Ready to ROR? - Crossref

Publishers, Are You Ready to ROR? - Crossref

Author affiliations, and the ability to link them to publications and other scholarly outputs, are vital for numerous stakeholders across the research landscape. With the launch of the Research Organization Registry (ROR) in 2019 (which Crossref has helped to develop), the landscape is changing. ROR IDs are an opportunity to make affiliation details easier for publishers to use and easier for those who rely on this data.

Surveillance is underestimating the burden of the COVID-19 pandemic

Surveillance is underestimating the burden of the COVID-19 pandemic

So far in the COVID-19 pandemic, surveillance systems are not monitoring ill health and long-term implications of COVID-19, only deaths are reported.

Are Children Able to Continue Learning During School Closures?

Are Children Able to Continue Learning During School Closures?

In response to the unprecedented educational challenges created by school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 90 per cent of countries have implemented some form of remote learning policy. This UNICEF factsheet estimates the potential reach of digital and broadcast remote learning responses, finding that at least 463 million students around the globe remain cut off from education, mainly due to a lack of remote learning policies or lack of equipment needed for learning at home. 

Two Metres or One: What is the Evidence for Physical Distancing in Covid-19?

Two Metres or One: What is the Evidence for Physical Distancing in Covid-19?

Rigid safe distancing rules are an oversimplification based on outdated science and experiences of past viruses, publication argues.

The Limitation Initiative is Harmful to Education, Research and Innovation

The Limitation Initiative is Harmful to Education, Research and Innovation

The ETH Board, swissuniversities, the Swiss National Science Foundation, Innosuisse – the Swiss Innovation Agency, and the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences reject the Limitation Initiative. They organised a joint press call in order to state their views on the Limitation Initiative and affirm the importance of research cooperation with Europe.

Why the United States is Having a Coronavirus Data Crisis

Why the United States is Having a Coronavirus Data Crisis

Political meddling and years of neglect of public-health data management mean the country is flying blind.

Biogen Conference Likely Led to 20,000 COVID-19 Cases in Boston Area, Researchers Say

Biogen Conference Likely Led to 20,000 COVID-19 Cases in Boston Area, Researchers Say

A new study shows the Biogen conference held at Boston's Marriott Long Wharf hotel in February played a far greater role in spreading the coronavirus than previously thought.

Some People Can Get the Pandemic Virus Twice, a Study Suggests. That is No Reason to Panic

Some People Can Get the Pandemic Virus Twice, a Study Suggests. That is No Reason to Panic

A man in Hong Kong was found to be reinfected with COVID-19, but what that means for vaccines and immunity is unclear

Redwoods Survive Wildfire at California's Oldest State Park

Redwoods Survive Wildfire at California's Oldest State Park

When a massive wildfire swept through California's oldest state park last week it was feared many trees in a grove of old-growth redwoods, some of them 2,000 years old...

Top US Virus Expert Warns on Fast-tracking Vaccine

Top US Virus Expert Warns on Fast-tracking Vaccine

US President Donald Trump reportedly is considering skipping regulatory steps to get out a vaccine.