A year ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defined “fully vaccinated” against SARS-CoV-2 as having received one dose of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine or two serial doses of ...

The Biden administration announced a number of initiatives to improve open science policies in 2023, including advancing efforts to make taxpayer-funded research publicly accessible. The White House ...

The Food and Drug Administration is reworking its 28-year-old definition of “healthy” foods to allow fish, nuts and many other items to qualify for the label if they provide meaningful amounts of the ...

The International Astronomical Union defines a planet as a celestial body that orbits the sun, is massive enough that gravity has forced it into a spherical shape, and has cleared away other objects ...

As founders of the Austrian Citizen Science Network, we call for the standardization of citizen science. This would optimize quality and ensure openness in the science, in communication and in ...