Sitting sickness & bat viruses
from Lost in Science
This week, Catriona tells us about the health dangers of sitting, and new research giving the good news that any alternative form of activity is beneficial; and Chris looks into why bats harbour such dangerous viruses, with a new study that predicts high virulence for viruses from them and a surprising other order of mammals.Blodgett et al. 2023. Device-measured physical activity and cardiometabolic health: the Prospective Physical Activity, Sitting, and Sleep (ProPASS) consortium. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad717Brook et al. 2023. Reservoir host immunology and life history shape virulence evolution in zoonotic viruses. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002268
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