According to this paper, 8+ hours is adequate: "severe inadequate ...4.7 to 4.1 hours per night... moderate inadequate... (6.0 to 5.5 hours per night... , mild inadequate... 7.2 to 6.8 hours per night... and adequate... 8.4 to 8.0 hours per night."

Eric Topol@erictopol.bsky.social · last yr.

Sleep duration/timing and glucose regulation in over 1,100 people with 14-day continuous glucose sensor tracking jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

We are tracking mutations of #RSV in #wastewater: genspectrum.org/swiss-wastew.... Why this matters and why you should re-tweet for visibility (a 🧵).

Swiss wastewater - RSV

GenSpectrum is an interactive dashboard to query and analyze pathogen sequences, currently available for Influenza H5N1, RSV, SARS-CoV-2 and the West Nile virus.

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The highest incidence rates of upper #Respiratory diseases is in children under 2 years old, again from The Lancet. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

As #Respiratory #Disease peaks in #Switzerland, a few notes. More than 12.8 billion upper respiratory infections are estimated globally every year, that's >1 per person per year! See www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Global, regional, and national burden of upper respiratory infections and otitis media, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

The findings of this study highlight the widespread burden posed by URIs and otitis media across all age groups and both sexes. There is a continued need for surveillance, prevention, and management t...

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#Wastewater in #Switzerland showing high levels of circulating #RSV, #InfluenzaA, and #InfluenzaB. A lot going around at the moment. See our dashboard at wise.ethz.ch, or the FOPH Infectious Disease Dashboard for integrated surveillance at idd.bag.admin.ch

Postdoctoral scholar Dr. Kendra Dahmer discusses how the new administration's policies could affect her global health research apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump's DEI order leaves academic researchers fearful of political influence over grants

President Donald Trump’s order declaring diversity, equity and inclusion policies illegal has thrown into doubt the future of research Kendra Dahmer has been doing on intestinal parasites in India and...

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"New infections in children were associated with preceding household detection of the same pathogen in soil (Odds ratio: 8.8, 95% confidence interval: 3.3, 23) and on child hands (Odds ratio: 5.0, 95% confidence interval 1.1, 17)."

Amy Pickering@seqh2o.bsky.social · 2y ago

New pre-print on infant first infections with enteric pathogens! 85% of pathogens detected in infants are also in animals living nearby, using longitudinal sampling we find child hand contact with soil contaminated with animal feces is a primary transmission pathway! www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

📯 #Swiss wastewater dashboard through our #wise project is now updated with historic data within which you can overlay the seasons. #Influenza B is now high, after skipping a year. Check it out here: wise.ethz.ch

#Wastewater-based monitoring for #PublicHealth holds a lot of promise, but an outstanding challenge is to understand what public health relevant metrics can be derived, and how we translate data into impact. See our Viewpoint on #AMR #AntimicrobialResistance in #EST 👇

Uli Klümper@ulikluemper.bsky.social · 2y ago

Our new Viewpoint article led by Sheena Conforti & Amy Pruden originating from the #EDAR7 conference is now out in Environmental Science & Technology (@acs.org) "Strengthening Policy Relevance of Wastewater-Based Surveillance for Antimicrobial Resistance" pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... #AMR

If you're measuring #Legionella in a water system using qPCR, how do you relate your value to culture? We suggest a conservative 1:1 assumption! Unless you know more about your system, this seems accurate based on a systematic review. Led by Emile Sylvestre: journals.plos.org/water/articl...

Quantification of Legionella pneumophila in building potable water systems: A meta-analysis comparing qPCR and culture-based detection methods

Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) offers a rapid, automated, and potentially on-site method for quantifying L. pneumophila in building potable water systems, complementing and potentially ...

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From the #Swiss #Wastewater, signs of #SARS-CoV-2 receding, while both #influenza A and B continue an upward rise. #RSV looks to be staying stable, could be evidence that it has peaked. From: wise.ethz.ch

Everything is everywhere all at once: #Influenza A, Influenza B, and #RSV are all increasing in #Zurich wastewater, while #SARS-CoV-2 still circulates. From wise.ethz.ch.

Sadly, it’s a good time to once again share this amazing infographic that we ran at @science.org more than 7 years ago 🧪 #IDsky www.science.org/content/arti...

Here's the visual proof of why vaccines do more good than harm

See year by year how vaccines beat back nine dangerous infectious diseases

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we've been working on multiplex #dPCR assays the last few years, and here are a few things we've figured out along the way. Lead by Jolinda de Korne-Elenbaas: academic.oup.com/lambio/advan...

Design, validation and implementation of multiplex digital PCR assays for simultaneous quantification of multiple targets

Abstract. Quantitative PCR (qPCR) and digital PCR (dPCR) are applied for quantifying molecular targets in disease diagnostics, pathogen detection and ecolo

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interesting article about making teaching about climate change personal to students at @cornelluniversity.bsky.social, from @npr.org. www.npr.org/2024/12/22/n...

College students get emotional about climate change. Some are finding help in class

A recent survey finds that more than half of young people aged 16-25 are highly worried about climate change. Some universities are now trying to help them navigate those emotions in class.

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💡 "Every time we think it's becoming routine, something new comes along." Read our interview with Christoph Ort, who, together with @trj2.bsky.social, established the field of wastewater-based epidemiology at Eawag 💧🔬 👉 www.eawag.ch/en/info/port...

Wastewater monitoring meets with great interest

Today, over 60 experts from research, federal and cantonal administration, the police, politics and hospitals are meeting to discuss the current status and future of wastewater monitoring in Switzerla...

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Clear signs in wastewater that RSV season is picking up as we enter end of year holidays. In past years, RSV has picked up before Influenza A and B. From: wise.ethz.ch.