Science is like democracy – it must be constantly defended
(Interview conducted by ESMH / Carolien Nijenhuis) – A group of European scientists has made it their mission to raise awareness about disinformation, its mechanisms [...]
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HERoS: How can we improve our response to health emergencies?
(ESMH / Rosa Garcia-Verdugo / scientific support Gyöngyi Kovacs and Ira Haavisto) – The European research consotrium has not only investigated the evolution of the current [...]
ESMH: Restoring faith in COVID-19 vaccination
(Monica Hoyos Flight) – For over a decade, since she founded the Vaccine Confidence Project, Professor Heidi Larson has been leading global efforts to monitor public [...]
What is driving people’s belief in conspiracy theories?
(Red / ESMH) – In complex situations such as the current pandemic, people search for simple answers to highly complex questions. At a moment where even high level experts [...]
ESMH: Passive immunization for COVID-19
(Gianluca Quaglio / ESMH) – There is currently no specific treatment for SARS-CoV-2. However, a number of treatments have been explored in patients with [...]
“People have questions that need to be answered”…
(Monica Hoyos Flight / ESMH) – The availability of a safe and effective vaccine for COVID-19 is an essential tool to control the pandemic. Thanks to extraordinary [...]
The (digital) future of work in the post-Covid-19 era
(ESMH) – An online survey from Eurofound estimated that close to 40% of workers in the EU were working remotely during lockdown. By rapidly shifting most of the [...]
How to cope with the “infodemic”…
(ESMH / Red) – Interview with Melinda Mills, Director of the “Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science” at the University of Oxford and lead author of the British [...]
The New Normalcy in Europe?
(By Gianluca Liva, contributing scientists listed at the end of the article) – European countries are adopting progressive measures to loosen the lockdown imposed by [...]
Coronavirus – Interview with Professor Alexander Kekulé
(ESMH / red) – Interview on the Corona crisis with Professor Alexander Kekulé, virologist and epidemiologist. Professor Kekulé is Director of the Institute for [...]