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Explained | What is the nature of Langya, the new zoonotic virus identified in China?
2 years, 4 months ago

Explained | What is the nature of Langya, the new zoonotic virus identified in China?

The Hindu  

The story so far: A new zoonotic virus that has evolved to infect humans was identified in China in August. On August 4, the New England Journal of Medicine described the virus called Langya, reported in patients in Eastern China. In a letter published in NEJM, a team of researchers from China and Singapore led by Xiao-Ai Zhang, Hao Li, …

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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
3 years, 3 months ago

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

Associated Press  

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. Here are the facts: ___ Supreme Court hasn’t ruled on COVID-19 vaccines or ‘universal vaccination’ CLAIM: After a legal challenge from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a group of scientists, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled COVID-19 vaccines are unsafe and “canceled universal …

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Science vs. Trump
4 years, 1 month ago

Science vs. Trump

The Hindu  

The categorical endorsement by renowned science journals of the Democratic contender in the U.S. presidential race is a plausible response to Donald Trump administration’s comprehensively hostile stance towards all evidence-based research and scientific institutions. The journal deplores the so-called ‘America first’ approach as no more than a subterfuge for ‘Trump first’, as the President has gone about withdrawing Washington from …

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Coronavirus pandemic claims a new type of victims: Prestigious medical journals — The Lancet and New England Journal of Medicine
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus pandemic claims a new type of victims: Prestigious medical journals — The Lancet and New England Journal of Medicine

Firstpost  

Journals used to take many months, or a year, to scrutinize and edit a complicated study, now peer review may be condensed to as little as 48 hours. “The problem with trust is that it’s too easy to lose and too hard to get back,” said Dr Jerome Kassirer, former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, which published …

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Just How Historic Is the Latest Covid-19 Science Meltdown?
4 years, 6 months ago

Just How Historic Is the Latest Covid-19 Science Meltdown?

Wired  

When The Lancet and The New England Journal of Medicine pulled an influential pair of Covid-19 papers last Thursday, it was a rare event in scientific publishing. At the moment, we don’t know the full story of what went wrong, beyond that the papers’ authors and the journals’ editors decided that they could no longer trust the underlying data. And …

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Column: How a retracted research paper contaminated global coronavirus research
4 years, 6 months ago

Column: How a retracted research paper contaminated global coronavirus research

LA Times  

The Lancet, one of the most prestigious journals in the world, gave this paper its scarlet letter. “Yes, this is a wake-up call,” says Ivan Oransky, whose Retraction Watch website tracks withdrawals of research papers, of the Lancet and NEJM retractions. “But we’ve had the wake-up call for years.” In perhaps the most notable reversal of judgment of a scientific …

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