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Nowhere near enough new drugs are currently in development says a WHO report, which calls for urgent investment and responsible use of existing antibiotics.
A number of authors interested in how to translate evidence into policy identify the importance of policy narrative and argue that advocates of scientific evidence need to tell good stories to grab the attention and appeal to the emotions of policymakers.
Why breaking down walls between different academic disciplines could enhance our understanding of why research evidence does − or doesn’t − make it into policy.
Public rejection might just be part of the journey to knowledge's acceptance.
Patients can plead their case for damages even in the absence of scientific evidence, European Court of Justice rules
Feeding high-quality evidence into policy making remains difficult, but is essential for improving public interventions.
With algorithms in hand, scientists are looking to make elections in the United States more representative.
A SPARC analysis of Open Data and Open Science policies across Europe.
The time that you’re absolutely sick of saying it is about the time that your target audience has heard it for the first time.
A documentary in which the disgraced former doctor Andrew Wakefield alleges that a link between vaccines and autism has been covered up by the US government is to be shown at the Cannes film festival.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, praised for health reforms in his own country, takes the helm at a critical time.
Some of the world’s largest research funders and NGOs today agreed to adopt the WHO's strong standards on clinical trial transparency.
Government may delay decision pending court decisions.
What policymakers want from scientists, and what were the implications for synthesising evidence in ways that meet policy needs?
Scientific community calls on voters not to support the candidate of the National Front
Our culture’s understanding of science is very, very broken, and on Saturday, it was impossible to ignore.
As climate change accelerates, a handful of scientists are eager to move ahead with experiments testing ways to counteract warming artificially.
Some lessons from the health community’s long battle with misinformation.
Science diplomacy enables scientists to help tackle issues such as protectionism and government control over research findings, and could even mitigate the future threat of wars over knowledge and data.
On April 22nd, 2017, the March For Science, Geneva, will be one of hundreds of marches taking place around the world to affirm that science is crucial to society — and belongs to everyone.
