This second article in a series on sources of evidence looks at the Cochrane Library. This library contains several electronic databases most notable of which is the Cochrane Database of Systematic ...

For almost two decades, all New Zealanders had free access to one of the world's most trusted libraries on medical information. The Cochrane Library is known as the gold standard in health research.

The Cochrane Library is a collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, and a seventh database that provides ...

The CDSR includes all Cochrane Reviews (and protocols) prepared by Cochrane Review Groups as well as editorial and supplements. CDSR is continuously updated, with new and updated reviews and protocols ...

The wearing of masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses had almost no effect at the societal level, according to a rigorous new review of the available research.

The Cochrane Review has apologized for an evidence review that led many to conclude, inaccurately, that masks don’t work. The idea that masks don’t help slow COVID is an “inaccurate and misleading ...