McMaster University has launched a trial to evaluate the Lightning Process (LP). We have discussed the LP before, e.g.: Almost anyone can recover from long Covid: just pay a lot of money for the ‘Ligh...

This open educational resource contains information to improve statistical inferences, design better experiments, and report scientific research more transparently.

What makes an argument ‘correct,’ or, at least, reasonable? We can debate about each other’s claims endlessly, and there’s an interdisciplinary field…

An already broad law is now matched with broad ministerial powers

BackgroundMyalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a disabling condition with limited treatment options and inadequate healthcare structur

OK, I admit this cartoon is not on point here. But I think it's one of my better cartoons, and that's my excuse for trotting it out! The point is a recent scoping review on active placebo controls, by David Laursen and colleagues. "Active placebo" sounds a bit like a contradiction in terms. That makes using them in trials one of those friction points capitalized in anti-vaccine evidence critiques: If it's active, so the argument goes, it's not a placebo, and the trial's results can be denigrated.

Scope of the Call This call is open to research teams that aim to advance our understanding of the biological mechanisms of Myalgic

I taught Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) before Long COVID made me a patient. WIRED got the story exactly backward.

New Artificial Intelligence Algorithm Reveals Long COVID Prevalence Twice as High as Previously Estimated Across U.S. Hospitals Groundbreaking research emerging from Mass General Brigham has unveiled

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The work of William Stanley Jevons has resurfaced as analysts attempt to predict how artificial intelligence will reshape the world of work

Animal agriculture has disproportionate environmental impacts relative to other forms of food production and accounts for at least 16.5% of all global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Many of the large...

Climate change, the cost-of-living crisis and healthy lifestyle goals should make active transport like cycling a no brainer. So why does Australia struggle to build a bike culture? 

"They've built a billion-dollar industry on stolen voices because they thought no one would make them pay for it," said a lawyer for the plaintiffs.

Comment from Victoria University: In 2022 NZ’s Long Covid response showed promise, but it’s hard to justify our business-as-usual approach now