Finding and reporting an irregularity in a published study can lead people down an unexpected path.

A Cochrane review bolsters scientists’ advice that ivermectin should not be used against the disease outside of clinical trials, while a study claiming to have found beneficial effects in patients was withdrawn following allegations of data manipulation.

At a time of fast-paced science and rampant misinformation, can we trust the non–peer-reviewed literature?

ASAPbio has developed resources for preprint servers, institutions, scientists, and journalists to promote the responsible reporting of research in the media.

Researchers propose that an infusion of memory T cells from people who have recovered from SARS-CoV-2 infections could treat severe disease.

The open access publication will use AI to identify the most pressing manuscripts in need of peer review.

Experts identify childcare, which tends to fall to women, as one likely cause for the relative decrease in women’s scientific productivity compared with men’s.

Fast science—with all its warts—is making unprecedented progress in the fight against COVID-19.

The results, while preliminary, suggest that survivors of SARS-CoV-2 infection may be susceptible to reinfection within weeks or months.

Preprints from the first round of seroprevalence studies indicate that many more people have been infected with the virus than previously reported. Some of these studies also have serious design flaws.

Coronavirus experts are swamped with reading submissions, which they’re working through as quickly as possible.

This is the first time sugars have been found connected to RNA molecules, suggesting a new role for RNA.

The cofounder of bioRxiv, Richard Sever, discusses why there’s a need for the preprint server medRxiv that launched today.

Researchers from 17 labs report low efficacy rates for the popular technique.

Papers sent to PLOS journals will be automatically uploaded to the preprint server before acceptance.

In 2017, scientists, regulators, and publishers clashed in a series of lawsuits, boycotts, mass resignations, and more.

Two manuscripts published without methods point to the importance of community policing on preprint archives.

We suggest a centralized facility for submitting to journals—one that would benefit scientists and not only publishers.

An NIH survey of 351 individuals in the research community has shown that many are supportive of interim research products like preprints.