Carissa Gilman

Journals and publishers crack down on research from open health data sets PLOS, Frontiers, and others announce policies trying to stem the tide of suspect research

Journals and publishers crack down on research from open health data sets | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Drummond Rennie (1936-2025), in his own words Drummond Rennie I first became aware of the work of Drummond Rennie almost by accident: By borrowing his office. It was the summer of 1997, and as a rising fourth-year medical student, I was spendi…

Drummond Rennie (1936-2025), in his own words retractionwatch.com/2025/09/15/d...

There's a Major Publishing Slowdown at CDC's Flagship Journal Each MMWR article now requires clearance by the HHS secretary, sources said

There's a Major Publishing Slowdown at CDC's Flagship Journal www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

NIH to Cap How Much Journals Can Charge Authors for Open Access Exact amount still to be determined, agency says

NIH to Cap How Much Journals Can Charge Authors for Open Access www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...

454 Hints That a Chatbot Wrote Part of a Biomedical Researcher’s Paper

454 Hints That a Chatbot Wrote Part of a Biomedical Researcher’s Paper www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/h...

White House MAHA Report may have garbled science by using AI, experts say The report, led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was intended to address the reasons for the decline in Americans’ life expectancy.

White House MAHA Report may have garbled science by using AI, experts say

RFK Jr.'s MAHA Report Cited Studies That Don't Appear to Exist The White House acknowledged problems with the report

RFK Jr.'s MAHA Report Cited Studies That Don't Appear to Exist www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

Germany Plans Global Alternative to PubMed In the wake of a brief PubMed outage, team launches project to ensure uninterrupted access

Germany Plans Global Alternative to PubMed www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

RFK Jr. May Ban NIH Scientists From Publishing in Top Medical Journals HHS secretary claims pharma influence renders journals 'sock puppets for the industry'

My favorite part of this story is that he thinks reprint sales are still a significant revenue stream for journals. What year is he living in?

RFK Jr. May Ban NIH Scientists From Publishing in Top Medical Journals www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...

RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals The health secretary said the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association and The Lancet are in bed with pharma.

"We’re going to create our own journals in-house." Meanwhile they're preparing to shut down important journals at the CDC. What a fiasco.

RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

Clarivate to stop counting citations to retracted articles in journals’ impact factors Clarivate will no longer include citations to and from retracted papers when calculating journal impact factors, the company announced today.  The change comes after some have wondered over th…

Clarivate to stop counting citations to retracted articles in journals’ impact factors retractionwatch.com/2025/05/15/c...

Trump Withdraws U.S. Attorney Nominee, Whose Extremism Tested Limits for G.O.P. Senators

Trump Withdraws U.S. Attorney Nominee, Whose Extremism Tested Limits for G.O.P. Senators www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...

Incredibly honored to join my Short Course Subcommittee co-chair @dreandea.bsky.social in receiving the Distinguished Service Award from @councilscienceed.bsky.social at #cseminneapolis. Thank you to CSE and to Amanda Ferguson, who presented the award.

@emiliemgunn.bsky.social assumes the presidency of @councilscienceed.bsky.social at #CSEMinneapolis and gives past president Glenn Landis the ability to literally put on his CSE hat.

We are excited to feature five short courses as add-on options at the 2025 CSE Annual Meeting. It's not too late to register! Sign up here to reserve your spot in one of these invaluable courses! Register today at cse.memberclicks.net/annual-meeting

Colossal squid filmed in its natural habitat for the first time The enigmatic predator, the heaviest known invertebrate, had never been seen alive in deep water

Colossal squid filmed in its natural habitat for the first time | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Our published work in a government journal curiously disappeared Several studies for a CDC journal were purged without explanation before a judge’s order restored them. That's unacceptable.

Our published work in a government journal curiously disappeared www.minnpost.com/community-vo...

Here's the Extent of the Fallout From Trump's HHS Purge 'This is exactly the way not to do it,' one expert says

Here's the Extent of the Fallout From Trump's HHS Purge www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

The “Wild West” of Cancer Misinformation Online www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/02/harv...

Trump Slashes CDC Workforce Agency's leadership was notified of the decision Friday morning

Trump Slashes CDC Workforce www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...

Federal judge blocks Trump from slashing NIH funding in 22 states that sued Universities filed an additional lawsuit Monday that seeks to halt the cuts nationally.

AAU, APLU, ACE file suit against restricting NIH indirect costs, said to be more widespread and cover more universities than the suit by the 22 states www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

DEIA and Doing the Right Thing - The Scholarly Kitchen Now is a time when we must continue to stand against censorship and to support the scholarly community in both our words and our actions, according to our ethics and beliefs.

DEIA and Doing the Right Thing scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/11/d...

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.

I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Removal of DEI content from a microbiology group’s website shows reach of Trump executive orders The professional society for microbiologists stripped content about Black, female, and LGBTQ scientists from its website

I'm told I shouldn't be surprised and disappointed at how quickly societies have been willing to bend the knee. But I am. -- Removal of DEI content from a microbiology group’s website shows reach of Trump executive orders www.statnews.com/2025/02/03/t... via @statnews.com

CDC Journal Resumes Publication, but Without H5N1 Studies CDC spokesperson says papers are still in MMWR pipeline, but timeline is uncertain

CDC Journal Resumes Publication, but Without H5N1 Studies www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

HHS Employees Sort Out Return-to-Office Mandate Questions remain over sufficiency of workspace, changes to work/life balance

HHS Employees Sort Out Return-to-Office Mandate www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...

Opinion | CDC Researchers Ordered to Retract Papers Submitted to All Journals Banned terms must be scrubbed from CDC-authored manuscripts

CDC Researchers Ordered to Retract Papers Submitted to All Journals www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faus...

Trump Administration's Halt of CDC's Weekly Report Stalls Bird Flu Studies Source says MMWR expected to be on hold at least until next week

Trump Administration's Halt of CDC's Weekly Report Stalls Bird Flu Studies www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

NIH clarifies restrictions on staff after Trump's broad freeze sparked chaos Ongoing clinical trials can continue, and scientists can keep publishing their findings, a memo shows.

NIH clarifies restrictions on staff after Trump’s broad freeze sparked chaos www.statnews.com/2025/01/27/n... via @statnews.com

Trump's Gag Order Halts CDC Publication MMWR did not publish as usual at 1 p.m. today

Trump's Gag Order Halts MMWR Publication www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...