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Michael Wagner

@michiwagner4.bsky.social

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Prof. at Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science at University of Vienna, Austria and at Aalborg University, Denmark. Director of Cluster of Excellence "Microbiomes drive Planetary Health", Dad, Views are my own. .. more

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Marcus Wadsak @marcuswadsak.bsky.social · 23h

Mit seiner starken Erwärmung nähert sich unser Planet rasant katastrophalen und unumkehrbaren Kipppunkten, warnten heute 160 Klimaforscher und -forscherinnen aus 23 Ländern.

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Forscher warnen: Kipppunkte der Erde rücken bedrohlich näher

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Aberle Judith @aberlejudith.bsky.social · 1d

FSME Langzeitstudie (>2.200 hospitalisierte Fälle in Österreich 2000-2024)
✅ Die Impfung schützt sehr zuverlässig: 91-99% Schutzwirkung

Aber die Impfraten sinken, und mehr schwere FSME-Fälle bei Ungeimpften und bei nicht vollständig Geimpften sind die Folge www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Christian Stöcker @christianstoecker.de · 1d

Da schau her.

#Hamburg #Zukunftsentscheid

295.818 gegen 261.079 - Hamburger Zukunftsentscheid für mehr sozial gerechten Klimaschutz gewinnt in Volksentscheid

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Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social · 1d

Many thanks to @lisamaierlab.bsky.social from the @cmfi.bsky.social at the University of Tübingen for an inspiring and thought-provoking seminar on Drug-Microbiome Interactions at our @cemess.bsky.social seminar series @univie.ac.at .

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Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social · 1d

These RIFs, if allowed to remain, will prevent CDC from functioning at all. That has profound consequences for everyone’s health, in America and overseas.“

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The Death of Public Health

Another Friday night massacre, but this time it's not just an essential federal public health agency that will die

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Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social · 2d

"COVID-19....new year-round baseline for work absences that is similar to influenza season conditions before the pandemic; policymakers should consider expanding interventions and data collection efforts to address the negative impacts of COVID-19 on the labor force"

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Enduring Outcomes of COVID-19 Work Absences on the US Labor Market

This cohort study examines the extent to which COVID-19 continues to generate work absences and decrease labor force participation beyond the pandemic period in the US.

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Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social · 2d

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MIT: US-Eliteuni widersetzt sich Plänen von Donald Trump

Die US-Regierung bedrängt viele Hochschulen. Wer nicht deren Prinzipien und Regeln übernimmt, dem drohen Kürzungen der Mittel. Die Eliteuniversität MIT hat nun trotzdem klar abgelehnt.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social · 3d

Great answer of MIT to the "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” by the Trump administration.

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Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

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Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social · 4d

"The carrots serve to lure institutions of higher learning into a dark alley where, rather than just waiting with a big stick, the government can put a gun to their heads at any time."

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US universities must reject Trump’s ‘compact’. It is full of traps | Jan-Werner Müller

The administration is trying to make nine universities an offer they seemingly cannot refuse

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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · 4d

Meilenstein: Die Universität Wien ist erstmals unter den Top 100 im World University Ranking von @timeshighered.bsky.social - auf Platz 95! 🥳 Das stärkt Sichtbarkeit & internationale Vernetzung exzellenter Forschender und Studierender weltweit. #univie #THERanking 👉 www.univie.ac.at/aktuelles/pr...

Foto des Hauptgebäudes der Universität Wien, es fliegt feierliches Konfetti durch das Bild. Rechts unten ist ein Badge zu sehen, auf dem zu lesen ist:
TOP 100
Austrian Excellence, International Impact.
University of Vienna.
THE TOP 100 umranden den Badge.

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Leif Erik Sander 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @sanderlab.bsky.social · 7d

Impfung gegen Demenz? Ja, genau.
Die nächste große Studie, die klaren Zusammenhang zwischen Herpes Zoster (Gürtelrose) und erhöhtem Demezrisiko zeigt. Aber Impfung reduziert das Demenzrisiko deutlich.
Zwei Stiche für ein deutlich gesenktes Demenzrisiko.
Guter Deal!
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a,b, Comparing dementia risk (cumulative hazard, y axis) over time (x axis) after (a) exposures of female individuals to the ZVL and (b) exposure of female individuals aged 80–89 years to the RZV showed a substantial association with a decreased dementia risk at 3 and 5 years after index date compared to the PPSV23. The postmatching cohort characteristics for comparisons shown in this figure are presented in Supplementary Table 25. The curves show the Nelson–Aalen estimates of the cumulative hazard function (y axis) over the follow-up period (x axis) with a 95% CI band (shaded areas around each curve) for each cohort being compared. Cumulative hazards at specific time points are compared between the cohorts based on RR using a two-sided chi-squared statistic with 1 degree of freedom without adjusting for multiple comparisons. Superscript letter ‘a’ indicates censored, cumulative numbers of individuals who were lost to follow-up or had died until each time point; superscript letter ‘b’ indicates cumulative numbers of individuals with the event of interest (dementia diagnosis) until each time point. NMD, normalized mean difference; RR, relative risk.

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Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social · 8d

Interested in an exciting 2.5 year PostDoc position with a focus on the characterization of novel #nitrifiers? This is a collaborative project between our nitrification group @cemess.bsky.social and C. Singleton and P. Nielsen at @aau.dk

🧪 #MicroSky

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Postdoc in Identification and characterization of novel nitrifiers

At the Faculty of Engineering and Science, Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, a 2.5 year position as Postdoc in “Identification and characterization of ...

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 8d

Jane Goodall said she’d like to send off to another planet: Musk, Trump, Putin, Xi & Netanyahu. 🚀

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Peter Jelinek @peterjelinek.bsky.social · 8d

"Ich glaube, es hakt aber nach wie vor am Verständnis des Klimawandels, am Verständnis dessen, was da auf uns zukommt. Auch übrigens bei politischen Entscheidungsträger innen."

@kschwanke.bsky.social mit einem sehr eindrücklichen Beispiel auf dem Extremwetterkongress.

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Özden Terli @terliwetter.bsky.social · 9d

3 Grad 2050 ist die Klimakatastrophe. O-Ton vom #EWK2025
Hashtag#3Grad2050

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 10d

Food causes 22-34% of climate change.
But it only gets 4% of the media coverage.

Why? Neglect. Misunderstanding. And a hell of a lot of greenwashing.

Sentient @sentientmedia.org · 10d

“Emissions from food are still very underreported,” @jennysplitter.bsky.social, Sentient's editor-in-chief, tells Anay Mridul of Green Queen. Learn more about our analysis of 11 major U.S. outlets:

Less Than 4% of US Media Climate Coverage Mentions Meat & Dairy's Emissions Toll: New Analysis

An analysis of hundreds of online articles from US media shows that less than 4% mention and contextualise the role of meat in climate change. Here's why.

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 10d

This is a great way to bleed more subscribers.

Really, really sucks for the amazing journalists still at the Post to be surrounded by this chaos.

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Aberle Judith @aberlejudith.bsky.social · 10d

Respiratorische Virusaktivität in Österreich ist diese Woche wie erwartet weiter angestiegen 📈

Infektionswelle mit #Rhinoviren (40%) und #SARS-CoV2 (21%) wird sich noch mehrere Wochen hinziehen
Im #Sentinelsystem auch saisonale Coronaviren und erste Fälle von #Parainfluenza
#ZentrumVirologie

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Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social · 10d

Important information

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The EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems

The 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems presents new evidence-based insights on nutrition and human health, within safe and just planetary boundaries. New to this...

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Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social · 10d

The intervention reduces indoor PM₂.₅ concentrations by 32% and decreases student absenteeism by 12.5%.

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The Effect of Air Purifiers in Schools

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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 11d

About 15 million deaths could be avoided each year and agricultural emissions could drop by 15% if people worldwide shift to healthier, predominantly plant-based diets.
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A recipe for avoiding 15 million deaths a year and climate disaster is fixing food, scientists say

Scientists are presenting new evidence that the worst effects of climate change can’t be avoided without a major transformation of food systems.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11d

Robert Morris, the founder of a Texas megachurch with one of the nation’s largest congregations, pleaded guilty on Thursday to sexually abusing a girl in the 1980s, according to court documents.

Texas Megachurch Pastor Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Abuse

Robert Morris, the founder of Gateway Church, which has one of the nation’s largest congregations, admitted to sexually abusing a child in the 1980s.

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Michelle Gamage @michellegamage.bsky.social · 11d

An infant has died in Alberta from measles. Infants less than six months can't be vaccinated against measles because their immune systems are still developing and they don't get lasting immunity. Measles is spreading because people aren't getting vaccinated.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Alberta records first measles death since outbreak

Premature baby who contracted disease in utero has died, first death associated with provincial outbreak of nearly 2,000 cases

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Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social · 11d

"Wir stehen an einer Weggabelung: Spielen wir weiter in der Champions League? Holen wir die besten Köpfe aus der ganzen Welt? Wollen wir souverän werden? Oder werden wir uns selbst verzwergen? Welchen Weg wir nehmen, liegt in unserer Hand – noch. "

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Spitzenforschung kommt aus China. Wo bleiben wir?

Chinesische Forschenden übernehmen die Vormacht. Europa und die USA drohen abgehängt zu werden. Es geht um eine Richtungsentscheidung: Wollen wir wieder mitmischen oder uns selbst verzwergen?

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Martin Thür @martinthuer.at · 11d

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Covid-19, Grippe und der "Fake-Faktor": Eine Corona-Aufarbeitung

Christian Felber versucht, Covid-19 als kaum gefährlicher als die Grippe darzustellen – und scheitert an den Fakten

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 11d

How exercise promotes the immune system vs cancer, working through a gut bacteria metabolite
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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 11d

This was always the plan.

Project 2025 was Donald Trump's blueprint to seize unchecked power within the federal government and restrict Americans' freedoms. And he is implementing it right in front of our eyes.

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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 11d

Four vaccines that reduce your risk of dementia: probably because they prevent diseases that increase that risk. www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap... via @skepticalraptor.bsky.social

Four vaccines that reduce your risk of dementia

Recent studies indicate that vaccines, including shingles, RSV, Tdap, and flu vaccines, can significantly reduce the risk of dementia.

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Armin Wolf @arminwolf.at · 11d

“Zuerst müssen Ihre Fakten stimmen. Jeder hat das Recht auf seine eigene Meinung, aber nicht auf seine eigenen Fakten.“ (Patrick Daniel Moynihan)
Leseempfehlung!

Covid-19, Grippe und der "Fake-Faktor": Eine Corona-Aufarbeitung

Christian Felber versucht, Covid-19 als kaum gefährlicher als die Grippe darzustellen – und scheitert an den Fakten

www.derstandard.at

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