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What makes Cochrane’s new AI study innovative?
17 April 2026
Cochrane has released a pre-print of the protocol for our innovative study that will test whether artificial intelligence (AI) tools can support or enhance evidence synthesis. Gerald Gartlehner from Cochrane Austria, Principal Investigator for the study, discusses how the study works, and what makes it interesting.
Anti-amyloid Alzheimer’s drugs show no clinically meaningful effect
16 April 2026
Drugs that target amyloid beta proteins in the brain likely have no clinically meaningful positive effects, while increasing the risk of bleeding and swelling in the brain, a new Cochrane review has found.
Simple antiseptic can reduce newborn infections
26 March 2026
A new Cochrane review finds that chlorhexidine likely cuts umbilical cord infection rates by about 29% in low- and middle- income countries, and may reduce newborn deaths.
Rupa Sarkar joins Cochrane as Editor in Chief
23 March 2026
The Cochrane Collaboration is delighted to announce that Rupa Sarkar starts today as the new Editor in Chief.
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