Record of updates to this guide, from 02/08/25 onwards.
Update 2 October 2025
- Update to main page noting that, due to the U.S government shutdown, PubMed is not currently being updated.
Update 25 September 2025
- New articles added to "Further reading" -> "Articles" -> "September".
- Additions to "Overview of events and changes" -> "Changes within HHS" to include reports on the distribution of false information about a connection between paracetamol and autism, the new removal of 22 CDC pages, the publication of a new "priorities" statement by the CDC, and additional context about censorship of criticism by President Trump.
- Addition of guide on searching OpenAlex added to "Alternative Open Access Resources" -> "Articles and Preprints".
Update 9 September 2025
- New information added to both "Overview of events and changes" -> "Changes within HHS", as well as "How is PubMed organised and maintained" pages, to note that the NLM have officially announced that its journal selection processes are undergoing review, and that the LSTRC has been disbanded.
Update 7 September 2025
- New articles added to "Further reading" -> "Articles" -> "September".
- In "Overview of events and changes" -> "Changes within HHS", addition of news that after a legal settlement, various webpages that had been removed by the administration must now be restored.
- Addition of pages from #DefendResearch website to "Further Reading" -> "Videos/talks", and "Websites".
Update 3 September 2025
- New articles added to "Further reading" -> "Articles" -> "August", "September", and "February".
- Addition of "Attacks on Vaccines" section in "Overview of events and changes" -> "Changes within HHS", including update on the firing of former CDC director Susan Monarez and the resignation of senior CDC officials.
- Addition of information in "Changes within HHS" on the Supreme Court ruling to allow NIH DEI cuts, Kennedy's attempts to get a paper on vaccine safety retracted, and threats by the administration to 46 states to remove references to transgender people in sex education curricula or lose funding.
- Addition of information in "Changes to other departments" -> "Environmental Protection Agency" concerning the firing of EPA staff who had criticised the agency's leadership.
- Addition of link to webinar on effective searching using the Advanced search in Europe PMC in "Alternative Open Access Resources" page -> "Articles and Preprints".
Update 18 August 2025
- New articles added to "Further reading" -> "Articles" -> "August".
- Link to IQWiG report "Impact of US policy on information retrieval" added to home page and "Core reading" section.
Update 8 August 2025
- New articles added to "Further reading" -> "Articles" -> "August".
- Addition to "Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy" section in "Changes to other departments" concerning removal and modification of previous National Climate Assessments.
- Additions to "Changes within HHS" concerning news of pulled funding for mRNA vaccine research, and news of cutting off involvement of top U.S medical organisations in ACIP.
- Addition of "Guide updates log" page.
Update 2 August 2025
- New articles added to "Further Reading" -> "Articles" section for July.
- New section on the U.S Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency added to "Overview of events and changes" -> "Changes to other departments" section.
- Additional links to information on funding freezes and financial settlements between various universities and the U.S government added to "Overview of Events and Changes" -> "Changes within HHS" -> "Funding and grant changes".
