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Can Twitter and Google help improve heat wave warning systems?
© ersinkisacik / Getty Images / iStock Social media has become an integral part of our day to day activities and we use it to stay in touch with friends, read the news, and find information. Internet activity is easily tracked and freely available data on trending topics can be used to the benefit of…
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How can we use fungi to control mosquitoes?
(Picture CC BY by Emphyrio via Pixabay) Due to climate change, mosquitoes that vector arboviruses are rapidly spreading throughout the world, even to counties in Northern Europe. Two of the most worrying species are Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus as they are highly competent vectors of dengue, Zika, chikungunya and urban yellow fever. Currently, the…
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EULAR 2019: highlights from the annual conference
Conference session advocating increased patient participation in EULAR’s work. (Shared with permission from Dr Juan Ovalles) One major event in the world calendar of rheumatology Scientists, patients, rheumatologists and other health professionals met at the IFEMA Centre to discuss recent advances in research and care in the diagnosis and treatment of RMDs. Sunny Madrid is…
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The opposite of a late-night snack
Anopheles stephensi feeding on time Biological rhythms are found across life and enable organisms to coordinate with the cyclic changes of the environment (be it daily changes in light, humidity, abundance of food, predator/prey interactions). How biological rhythms influence infection is often overlooked but timing can determine mortality rate, severity of infection, and transmission (see…