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Regulators need to facilitate new ways of clinically validating COVID-19 vaccines now that effective shots are being given around the world, Thomas Triomphe, executive vice president of Sanofi Pasteur ...

Jay Bhattacharya dismissed the test-negative design as 'crap.' The biostatistics literature tells a different story.

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Medical research is essential for advancing the understanding of health, diseases, and treatments. There are many types of studies that serve different purposes. Medical research, or health research, ...

A telehealth visit may look simple — a few clicks, a camera and a conversation — but Iowa State University researcher Farzane Omidi knows the reality is far more complex. In virtual care, a dim lamp, ...