F.D.A.'s Emergency Approval of Blood Plasma Is Now on Hold
Government health leaders including Dr. Francis S. Collins and Dr. Anthony S. Fauci urged caution last week, citing weak data from the country's largest plasma study.
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UNC-Chapel Hill Reverses Plans for In-person Classes After 130 Students Test Positive for COVID-19
UNC-Chapel Hill Reverses Plans for In-person Classes After 130 Students Test Positive for COVID-19
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill abruptly decided it will no longer hold in-person classes on campus after about 130 students tested positive for COVID-19 in the first week since classes began.
Open Science Saves Lives: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
In the last decade Open Science principles, such as Open Access, study preregistration, use of preprints, making available data and code, and open peer review, have been successfully advocated for and are being slowly adopted in many different research communities. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic many publishers and researchers have sped up their adoption of some of these Open Science practices, sometimes embracing them fully and sometimes partially or in a sub-optimal manner. In this article, we express concerns about the violation of some of the Open Science principles and its potential impact on the quality of research output. We provide evidence of the misuses of these principles at different stages of the scientific process. We call for a wider adoption of Open Science practices in the hope that this work will encourage a broader endorsement of Open Science principles and serve as a reminder that science should always be a rigorous process, reliable and transparent, especially in the context of a pandemic where research findings are being translated into practice even more rapidly. We provide all data and scripts at . ### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest.
As Colleges Move Classes Online, Families Rebel Against the Cost
As Colleges Move Classes Online, Families Rebel Against the Cost
Schools face rising demands for tuition rebates, increased aid and leaves of absence as students ask if college is becoming "glorified Skype."
A Deadly Coronavirus Was Inevitable. Why Was No One Ready?
Scientists warned of a coming pandemic for decades. Yet when Covid-19 arrived, the world had few resources and little understanding-despite years of work that outlined almost exactly what the virus would look like and how to mitigate its impact.
The Pandemic Appears to Have Spared Africa So Far. Scientists Are Struggling to Explain Why.
A Negative COVID-19 Test Does Not Mean Recovery
Pandemic policy must include defining and measuring what we mean by mild infection.
'A Smoking Gun': Infectious Coronavirus Retrieved From Hospital Air
Airborne viruses play a significant role in community transmission, many experts believe. A new study fills in the missing piece: The floating virus can infect cells.
How Science Communication Can Challenge Conspiracy Theories in Times of Covid-19
How Science Communication Can Challenge Conspiracy Theories in Times of Covid-19
Mike Schäfer & Jing Zeng on the particularities of conspiracy theories on COVID-19, how to face them, and what role science communicators play while doing so.
America's Window of Opportunity to Beat Back Covid-19 is Closing
The United States has a chance to make things better before things get much, much worse. But much of the country appears to be squandering the opportunity.
Why the Coronavirus Is More Likely to 'Superspread' Than the Flu
Most people won't spread the virus widely. The few who do are probably in the wrong place at the wrong time in their infection, new models suggest.
How the COVID-19 Crisis Has Prompted a Revolution in Scientific Publishing
How the COVID-19 Crisis Has Prompted a Revolution in Scientific Publishing
Preprint servers have existed for decades, but the fight against the coronavirus has seen their use soar. They're changing how science is done-but need important guardrails.
Opinion | I'd Need Evidence Before I Got a Covid-19 Vaccine. It Doesn't Exist Yet.
Scientists need to show us the data. And that's exactly what they're working on.
I Was Wrong: We Can't Skip Phase 3 Vaccine Trials
On the risks of skipping Phase 3 vaccine trials.
How the Pandemic Defeated America
A virus has brought the world's most powerful country to its knees.
The Pandemic is Hitting Scientist Parents Hard, and Some Solutions May Backfire
New data quantify lost work hours and productivity, but the way forward remains uncertain.
From 'Brain Fog' to Heart Damage, COVID-19's Lingering Problems Alarm Scientists
Some COVID-19 survivors are still sick months later. Doctors want to learn why and what they can do
Covid-19 Data in the US Is an 'Information Catastrophe'
The order to reroute CDC hospitalization figures raised accuracy concerns. But that's just one of the problems with how the country collects health data.
Europe PMC: Unlocking the Potential of COVID-19 Preprints
Europe PMC, the literature archive of EMBL-EBI, has started indexing full-text COVID-19 preprints and the associated data.
Yes, the Coronavirus Is in the Air
Transmission through aerosols matters - and probably a lot more than we've been able to prove yet.
When Evidence Does Not Matter - What Brazil Teaches Us About the Fragility of Evidence Based Policymaking
When Evidence Does Not Matter - What Brazil Teaches Us About the Fragility of Evidence Based Policymaking
An underlying assumption of modern political states is that they are rational systems that 'follow the science' to achieve optimal outcomes for their citizens. Whilst COVID-19 continues to foregrou…
Science Publishing Has Opened Up During the Coronavirus Pandemic. It Won't Be Easy to Keep It That Way
Science Publishing Has Opened Up During the Coronavirus Pandemic. It Won't Be Easy to Keep It That Way
Scientists and science publishers are sharing information as fast as they can during the COVID-19 pandemic. Speed and openness bring new challenges, but they are the way forward for research.
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