It is probably the CDCs most baffling guideline - isolate for five days after a positive covid test, without a need for a negative test to de-isolate.
Now new data shows that, at the low low end, 1 in 4 people are still infectious at that time. medscape.com/viewarticle/98
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"The number of promotional adjectives used to hype proposed research has increased by more than 1300% in successful grant applications to the National Institutes of Health over the past three and a half decades," reports.
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Paper by gene therapy Zolgensma developer retracted because of discrepancies in mouse survival rates
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The History of Discriminatory Jewish Quotas in American Medical Education and Orthopaedic Training, h/t
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Can you explain what these 1,500 papers are doing in this journal? thinks he can. mailchi.mp/retractionwatc
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Does science self-correct? Join me, and on Oct. 24 for an online seminar on the subject. nyulangone.trumba.com/nyu-langone-di
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Thoughts on pros / cons re: omicron booster, from variant evolution to the categorical imperative.
In the end, the one best argument for the new booster: it's likely that the next variant will be more closely related to Omicron than not.
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When an independent replication isn’t really independent retractionwatch.com/2022/08/31/whe
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Editors-in-chief of aging journal resign en masse after ‘impasse with the Anatomical Society and Wiley’ retractionwatch.com/2022/08/26/edi
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Exclusive: Cancer researcher sues med school for retaliation after research misconduct finding
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The RW Daily: Penn maintains wall of silence over now-retired prof as retractions mount. And "World’s top journals ‘limiting critiques.’" mailchi.mp/retractionwatc
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Penn maintains wall of silence over now-retired prof as retractions mount
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A tale of (3)2 retraction notices: On publishers, paper mill products, and the sleuths that find them retractionwatch.com/2022/08/15/a-t
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Interpreting #monkeypox based on what we've learned about #covid in this week's Impact Factor on . medscape.com/viewarticle/97
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More on this from and I, who have all been saying it for some years: nature.com/articles/d4158 and
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/
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Happy 12th Birthday to , with gratitude and admiration to my estimable co-founder !
And thanks to all of our readers and benefactors. Your support is much appreciated.
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Happy 12th birthday, Retraction Watch: And what a year it was
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"Retraction Watch has seen the retraction process change dramatically over the past decade. We’ve come to feel that the community is falling short." My Nature World View reflecting on 12 years at Retraction Watch. (Tomorrow's our birthday!)
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"And 'most editors do not seem to make correcting the record a priority,' Oransky says."
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We've been saying it for a while, but now USPSTF agrees: vitamins give you expensive pee. medscape.com/viewarticle/97 via
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News Website Creates Time Travel!
"With the rise in the number of heart ailments in the recent future, the need to keep the heart healthy seems to have come to the fore."
My wife is on the phone with United, who told her that for $32 more, she can have a seat with a view of the Economy Plus section. I don't see how anyone could pass up that deal!
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The RW Daily: Former Weill Cornell cancer researcher up to 20 retractions. And a hare-raising episode as an author hires third party for help. mailchi.mp/retractionwatc
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Widely touted abstract on ivermectin and COVID-19 retracted retractionwatch.com/2022/06/03/wid
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Want to know whether that journal is scamming you? Introducing the Retraction Watch Hijacked Journal Checker retractionwatch.com/2022/05/29/wan
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"When all you have is a hammer, everything starts to look like a culture war."
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A privilege to be part of this highly useful and readable book by with colleagues past and present including . global.oup.com/academic/produ
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The focus on medical debt is important.
Also important: Consumers actually paid $389 billion out of their own pockets on health care in 2020.
healthsystemtracker.org/health-spendin
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Weekend reads: Plagiarism in biblical scholarship; revelations about publishing ‘lab leak’ preprint; publishing sanctions on Russia retractionwatch.com/2022/04/02/wee
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Study after study, including a new one from (discussed in the link), finds that social media use has adverse effects on adolescents.
I am forced to ask... what's the possible benefit? If none, is it time to ban social media for those < 18?
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“A somewhat tongue-in-cheek suggestion, mostly for Biogen: When you know reporters and investors are going to swarm over your paper, and you insist on venue-shopping, pick a journal that isn’t quite so disorganized.”
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A company "walked back on that promise and instead began offering polygenic testing for other traits, such as anxiety or loneliness—while still marketing the platform as an autism screening tool—after Spectrum started reporting on the company this year."
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A U.S. federal science watchdog made just three findings of misconduct in 2021. We asked them why. retractionwatch.com/2022/02/25/a-u
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