Cochrane has now published a rapid review of studies looking at the accuracy of COVID19 antibody tests.

This Special Collection of Cochrane Systematic Reviews brings together a large body of research on the accuracy of tests used to diagnose skin cancer.

Coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, has spread quickly throughout the world, and Cochrane is producing reviews to help decision-makers respond to the pandemic. In April 2020, we published the rapid review of the effects of using ash for cleaning hands when soap and water are not available. Lars Jørgensen from Cochrane Nordic speaks to our Ph.D. student and first author of the review Asger Paludan-Müller, about the evidence.

This new review is one of a series of rapid reviews that Cochrane contributors have prepared to inform the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.

Cochrane is regularly publishing content about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the various related activities that we are undertaking in response. The World Health Organisation is working closely with global experts, governments and partners like Cochrane to track its spread and virulence, and to provide advice to people and countries on measures to protect health and prevent the spread of this outbreak. Cochrane is committed to playing a vital role in these critical efforts to understand, contain and mitigate the effect of this rapidly evolving pandemic. 

Today, a new Cochrane entity, which will focus on tackling medical excess, launches at the annual Preventing Overdiagnosis Conference in Sydney. Cochrane Sustainable Healthcare will advocate and promote the use of evidence to ensure a more sustainable approach to healthcare.

Karla Soares-Weiser, Cochrane Library’s Editor in Chief, outlined a new conflict of interest policy that is forthcoming in 2020 in a BMJ opinion piece.

The Danish Ministry of Health published an evaluation report on The Nordic Cochrane Centre (NCC) today (4th December 2019).

The Cochrane Review Screening for reducing morbidity and mortality in malignant melanoma has been recently updated.  Below is an interview with our Director and author of the review, Karsten Juhl Jørgensen to learn what the latest evidence says and why it is important.

Cochrane is delighted to announce the publication of the new edition of the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions following extensive revision.