An update to the Cochrane review Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses is now available in the Cochrane Library.

Reducing the transmission of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global priority. Toward this end, public health officials and politicians across the world have been seeking scientific expertise to guide policy. In response, investigators have rushed to share new results on preprint servers, and journals have expedited editorial and peer review processes to publish them.

Alongside human suffering, Covid-19 also threatens the sustainability of health systems, with the impending financial crisis inevitably meaning having to do more with less.Yet, this tragedy of the pandemic has paradoxically produced an opportunity to tackle the increasingly recognised challenge of “too much medicine," argues this BMJ Editorial with our Director Minna Johansson as co-author.

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

The 2019 Coronavirus outbreak was declared a global Public Health Emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 30th January 2020. The WHO is now working closely with global experts, governments and partners to rapidly expand scientific knowledge on this new virus, to track the spread and virulence of the virus, and to provide advice to countries and individuals on measures to protect health and prevent the spread of this outbreak.

Dear Colleagues, As a result of the continued spread and impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) across the world, we wanted to update you with important news and information regarding Cochrane’s response to this global public health emergency.  

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.

A group of influential researchers, clinicians, regulators, and citizen advocates including our Director Minna Johansson have written an analysis, which suggests how we can start to build an evidence base for healthcare that is free of commercial influences. Read the full analysis in the BMJ 

Our Director Minna Johansson has written a Cochrane editorial with our supporters presenting the scope and aims of our new Field. You can read the editorial on Cochrane Library's website.