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JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
The CONSORT and SPIRIT statements for randomized trials have been updated for 2025 and published in JAMA, with a new focus on open science principles and guidance on trial registration, data access, and conflict of interest reporting. ➡ CONSORT 2025: ja.ma/3Yyu0Hh ➡ SPIRIT 2025: ja.ma/3YjFfn8
Following on from the recent CONSORT 2025 publication, SPIRIT 2025 has now landed 🥳 It's aligned with CONSORT for streamlined reporting; open science is front & center; and PPI makes a welcome appearance. Plus much more! 🎂 Happy trial protocol reporting, y'all🎂
Gary Collins@gscollins.bsky.social · last yr.NEW PAPER: Updated SPIRIT-2025 for reporting protocols of randomised trials is now available in the @BMJ.com, @JAMA.com, @thelancet.bsky.social, @PLoS.org, and @natmedicine.bsky.social. —> www.bmj.com/content/389/... #openscience #transparency #medsky #statssky #episky
CONSORT 2025 has landed! Including, among other changes, new items on reporting: ⚕️patient and public involvement 💉intervention delivery ☠️harms ❓missing data handling 👐data sharing 💰author conflicts of interest ...and an enhanced emphasis on open science practices. New website: consort-spirit.org
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Gary Collins@gscollins.bsky.social · last yr.NEW PAPER: Updated CONSORT-2025 for reporting randomised trials is now available in the @bmj.com @jama.com , @thelancet.bsky.social, @plos.org and @naturemedicine.bsky.social —> www.bmj.com/content/389/... #openscience #transparency #medsky #statssky #episky
This year #WorldHealthDay focuses on maternal and newborn health. @npeu-ctu.bsky.social’s research on pregnancy, childbirth, and newborn babies is crucial to public and population health sciences, clinical care, and health policy development. Find out more 👉 buff.ly/bPrcoEl #HopefulFutures
Black women in the UK are still more likely to die in childbirth than their white counterparts. @samaralinton.com explores why—and what’s being done to improve outcomes
Why are black women still more likely to die in childbirth?
Black women in the UK are still more likely to die in childbirth than their white counterparts. Samara Linton explores why—and what’s being done to improve outcomes The UK has one of the lowest mater...
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Utterly horrifying yet entirely unsurprising. Kudos to the researchers doing this work and the journalists reporting it.
Cassandra Jaramillo@cassandrajaramillo.bsky.social · last yr.New and devastating reporting from my colleagues showing just how dangerous it has become to be pregnant and in Texas after the state banned abortion. Please read and share: www.propublica.org/article/texa...
📢 COS seeks new members for its Preregistration Template Evaluation Working Group! This volunteer group includes community members from diverse academic backgrounds & global regions with expertise in research methodology, reporting guidelines, & preregistration. Apply here: www.cos.io/blog/appl...
Applications Open: Preregistration Template Evaluation Working Group
As part of efforts to recognize and appreciate volunteer contributors, the Center for Open Science (COS) is inviting new applications to its Preregistration Template Working Group.
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'Eighty per cent of respondents thought policymakers lack sufficient understanding of science — but 73% said that researchers don’t understand how policy works. “It’s a constant tension between the scientifically illiterate and the politically clueless”' doi.org/10.1038/d415...
Science could solve some of the world’s biggest problems. Why aren’t governments using it?
A Nature global survey finds that most specialists are unhappy with systems to provide science advice to policymakers.
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