ProMED sees offers of support, but its future remains unclear Helen Branswell By Helen Branswell Aug. 18, 2023

ProMED sees offers of support, but its future remains unclear Helen Branswell By Helen Branswell Aug. 18, 2023 https://www.statnews.com/2023/08/18/promed-future-unclear-infectious-diseases-surveillance/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=270760454&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--7J82DRJGCkkqB51r1jCNu7EQ7qVhV0k0b_zT7-IV8twQknjap0HlFy9-4cb59uI350Klu3ksYKrAw8ys2xLfgcDBbRg&utm_content=270760453&utm_source=hs_email Talks continue to keep ProMed alive Two weeks ago, striking moderators sounded the alarm about the potential demise of ProMED, the independent online infectious diseases surveillance network whose host plans to put the service behind a paywall. You’ll recall it was ProMED that warned the world about both SARS-1 and Covid-19. Both the International Society for Infectious Diseases, its host since 1999, and the striking moderators have been in discussions with academic and scientific bodies to keep the service going in ways that won't narrow its readership. “We are in serious negotiation with some major universities and a number of major funders,” Paul Tambyah, president of ISID’s executive board, told STAT’s Helen Branswell. The moderators, subject-matter experts in academia and public health, consider their ProMED work “a labor of love,” as ProMED fixture Marjorie Pollack puts it. Most get paid only $7,000 a year, stipends now in arrears. Would ISID fire the striking moderators? “I certainly hope not!” Tambyah replied. Read more. https://www.statnews.com/2023/08/04/organization-behind-promed-defends-move-to-subscription-based-model/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=270760454&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--ZCtTWNGsSJWuyNV2BELMLGzjCuG3pGZvwzRZ1QQ7yXzByFqWSopLBYlMpiFBVL6VDY1iPB_iCJkWc-rrx7hm0Nwq1MQ&utm_content=270760453&utm_source=hs_email