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Public perception of biomedical science damaged by Covid-19

July 9, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic may have damaged the public’s perception of the ‘unsung heroes’ of the medical community – the biomedical scientists.

Scientists and policy experts raise COVID-19 and climate crises analogues

July 8, 2020
Epidemiologists highlighted the dangers of COVID-19 in its early stages, but their warnings went largely ignored until rising infection rates forced policymakers to take action. Likewise, climate and environmental scientists...

Keeping governments accountable: The COVID-10 assessment scorecard

June 16, 2020
A new commentary published in Nature Medicine calls for governments to recognise the urgent need to improve their outbreak preparation and response. The authors propose six broad actions that governments...

Lawmakers called to protect biomedical science from false claims

June 5, 2020
Great Medical Promises Threatened by Booming Miracle Cures and Undue Pressure to Gain Fast-Track Approvals In a first-time report, the European Academies of Science (EASAC) and Medicine (FEAM) call upon...

Illegal wildlife trading threatens all creatures great and small

May 28, 2020
Besides being a major threat to biodiversity, the wildlife trade can be a cause of global public health issues and hundreds of billions of dollars of economic damage around the...

Covid-19 reveals misunderstanding of the lab sector

May 14, 2020
As Russ Swan settles in to a new normal of self-isolation, he'd like to believe politicians, he really would - but…

A question of reagents

April 30, 2020
At the time of writing, more than 1.3M people have been infected and more than 72,600 deaths have been linked to the current outbreak of coronavirus. We caught up with...

Good science communication is vital

April 27, 2020
There is no more important time to get science communication right than during a pandemic. But, says Melanie Challenger, that is harder than it seems…

We need to talk about live wet-markets

April 6, 2020
How do we make sure this doesn’t happen ever again? How do we reduce novel zoonotics in our species?

Curbing our animal instinct

March 10, 2020
Amy Beale, Scientific Liaison Officer at independent charity FRAME explains the importance of education in raising awareness of the use of animals in research and testing, and the alternative techniques...

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