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🎂

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

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

Utterly horrifying yet entirely unsurprising. Kudos to the researchers doing this work and the journalists reporting it.

📢 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...

'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...