In a large trial, a cheap and widely available steroid cut deaths by one-third among patients critically ill with COVID-19.

While the use of preprints has increased over the last years, preprint awareness and attitudes vary widely across research communities and among stakeholders in research communication.

The University of California today (June 16) announced a transformative open access publishing agreement that will make more of the University's research freely and immediately available to individuals and researchers across the globe.

A virologist helped crack an impossible problem: how to insure against the economic fallout from devastating viral outbreaks. The plan was ingenious. Yet we're still in this mess.

163 years of The Atlantic's writing on race and racism in America.

How understanding this cinematic trope can illuminate COVID-era exploitation

Vietnam chose to prevent rather than fight Covid-19, a strategy which means it has had no virus deaths.

How can online workshops be productive, engaging, caring and fun? How can researchers creatively adapt to a 'virtual normal' and develop caring and co-operative ways of working.

As scientists, we try to make sure our research is rigorous so that we can avoid costly errors. We should take the same approach to tackle issues in research culture, says Professor Christopher Jackson.

Just 15% of professors at Eindhoven University of Technology were women until it introduced a radical new scheme.

Over 150 Georgia State University faculty members signed an open letter to the school's president, Mark Becker, regarding a greater push for diversity and inclusion within its faculty.

New England Journal of Medicine and Lancet peer reviewers did not see raw data behind findings before publication.

Institute ends negotiations for a new journals contract in the absence of a proposal aligning with the MIT Framework for Publisher Contracts.

Don't blame last week's journal retractions on the scary pace of the pandemic. "Once-in-a-lifetime" scandals like this seem to happen all the time.

Guest post by Kathryn Funk, program manager for NLM's PubMed Central. Over the last several months, we have seen an increase in demand from the research and library communities for broader discover…

Strike for Black Lives

Nearly three-quarters of UK universities slipped down while Asian institutions rose.

cOAlition S announces that the tender was awarded to a consortium coordinated by OPERAS.

IBM is also advocating for police reform.

Nature commits to working to end anti-Black practices in research.

Academics and some scientific organizations will stop research activities on 10 June to reflect and take action on systemic inequalities in science.

SARS-CoV-2 presents an unprecedented international challenge, but it will not be the last such threat. In this article, the authors argue that the world needs to be much better prepared to rapidly detect, define and defeat future pandemics.

Both hashtags trended on social media over the weekend and speak to pervasive racial inequity.

The decision comes as new details emerge in the scandal that has ignited a firestorm of controversy in the scientific community.

More than 140 scientists funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative urged Mark Zuckerberg to enforce stricter policies around the spread of misinformation and incitements to violence.

STAT asked 11 experts in infectious disease, epidemiology, and pandemic preparedness how to avoid the mistakes of the coronavirus response this spring.

Operation Warp Speed's chooses largely unproven vaccine technologies for fast-tracking.

Mysterious company Surgisphere declined to provide access to hospital data used to evaluate drugs in COVID-19 patients.

Black scientists are showcasing Black achievement - with birds.