Experimental Musings

As vaccination efforts have continued to reach adults, many of us are left wondering about adolescents. When it comes to keeping children safe, scientists are not kidding around. 

The latest US results from the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine trial are showing positive signs on its efficacy and some pretty encouraging data to back up the claims.

Here in the United States the FDA has three vaccines now authorized for emergency use. The latest vaccine created by Johnson & Johnson has been making headlines, but the big question on everyone’s mind is about its effectiveness.

What are human vaccine trials really like and who conducts them? To answer that question and help dispel some of the mystery involved in drug trials, we visited Dr. Robert Call of Clinical Research Partners.

There are a variety of cognitive biases that play a role in how we make decisions, and sometimes we aren’t even aware they exist. One of these is the optimism bias.