Martin Enserink
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Gyms. Bars. The White House. See how superspreading events are driving the pandemic
Preventing hot spots of COVID-19 transmission has emerged as a key challenge in the fight against the virus → Read More
A mysterious company’s coronavirus papers in top medical journals may be unraveling
Scientists and journals express concern over influential studies of COVID-19 patient data that evaluated possible treatments such as hydroxychloroquine → Read More
Mathematics of life and death: How disease models shape national shutdowns and other pandemic policies
The coronavirus highlights the “huge responsibility” of infectious disease modelers → Read More
Yada yada … scientists name new virus after Seinfeld catch phrase
Not that there’s anything wrong with that! → Read More
European science funders ban grantees from publishing in paywalled journals
Bold move is intended to trigger open-access tipping point → Read More
Few authors choose anonymous peer review, massive study of Nature journals shows
Scientists from developing countries and less prestigious institutes more often prefer reviewers to be blinded to their identity → Read More
Plan for new medical preprint server receives a mixed response
Some worry that posting unvetted medical manuscripts could cause problems → Read More
How to avoid the stigma of a retracted paper? Don't call it a retraction
New terms would make it easier for researchers to correct the literature after an honest mistake → Read More
A groundbreaking study on the dangers of 'microplastics' may be unraveling
Accusations of research fraud roil a tight-knit community of ecologists → Read More
Popular doping drug may not actually help cyclists
Study on legendary French mountain suggests that EPO does not enhance performance → Read More
Karolinska Institute fires fallen star surgeon Paolo Macchiarini
Swedish scandal has triggered more than a dozen investigations and reviews → Read More
This machine produces the largest humanmade waves in the world
Delta Flume will allow researchers to improve coastal defenses → Read More
The Heartland virus may occur across the eastern U.S.
A dangerous tick-borne virus that first surfaced in humans in Missouri in 2009 appears to be common in wildlife across the central and eastern United States, according to a new study. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Fort Collins, Colorado, found evidence of the so-called Heartland virus in deer, raccoons, coyotes, and moose in 13 states. Doctors should be… → Read More
Ebola vaccine works, offering 100% protection in African trial
Unusual clinical trial in Guinea offers promise for stopping epidemic → Read More
Been to an Ebola-affected country? Stay away from tropical medicine meeting, Louisiana says
State's travel restrictions go beyond federal guidelines → Read More
UNESCO to host meeting on controversial 'memory of water' research
Critic slams conference around Nobelist Luc Montagnier as "nonsense" → Read More
The other Ebola debate: What about existing drugs?
With experimental treatments in short supply, some researchers urge "repurposing" medicines → Read More
Armed With New Data, Researchers Again Challenge Effectiveness of Antiflu Drug
New study questions strategy of stockpiling oseltamivir in case of flu pandemics → Read More
MERS Virus Found in Camel Milk
Large study in Qatar also shows that infection with the virus is more widespread than previously known → Read More
Researcher sues to block retraction of golden rice paper
Guangwen Tang argues that withdrawing nutrition study would amount to defamation → Read More