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."
Sleep duration/timing and glucose regulation in over 1,100 people with 14-day continuous glucose sensor tracking
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March 6, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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."
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.
genspectrum.org
February 27, 2025 at 9:39 AM
We are tracking mutations of #RSV in #wastewater: genspectrum.org/swiss-wastew.... Why this matters and why you should re-tweet for visibility (a 🧵).
The highest incidence rates of upper #Respiratory diseases is in children under 2 years old, again from The Lancet. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
February 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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...
www.thelancet.com
February 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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...
#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
February 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
#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
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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...
apnews.com
February 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Postdoctoral scholar Dr. Kendra Dahmer discusses how the new administration's policies could affect her global health research apnews.com/article/trum...
"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)."
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...
Zoonotic and environmental sources of infant enteric pathogen infections identified with longitudinal sampling
Enteric pathogen infections in young children can result in diarrhea, malnutrition, and developmental impairments. Many enteric pathogens that infect young children can be zoonotic, yet the exposure r...
www.medrxiv.org
February 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"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)."
📯 #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
January 31, 2025 at 10:09 AM
📯 #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 👇
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
"Strengthening Policy Relevance of Wastewater-Based Surveillance for Antimicrobial Resistance"
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#AMR
January 31, 2025 at 8:30 AM
#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 👇
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 ...
journals.plos.org
January 31, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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...
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
January 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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.
January 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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.
Reposted by Tim Julian
Thanks for the digest, @elife.bsky.social 💥
How to combat pathogenic bacteria through iron starvation:
Read more ⬇️
#AMR #Siderophore
How to combat pathogenic bacteria through iron starvation:
Read more ⬇️
#AMR #Siderophore
Researchers are hoping to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria by harnessing other microbes that are experts at stealing iron.
https://buff.ly/4grpj97
https://buff.ly/4grpj97
Starving microbes of iron
Pyoverdines, iron-trapping molecules found in certain microbes, can help in the fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria that can cause incurable infections.
buff.ly
January 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Thanks for the digest, @elife.bsky.social 💥
How to combat pathogenic bacteria through iron starvation:
Read more ⬇️
#AMR #Siderophore
How to combat pathogenic bacteria through iron starvation:
Read more ⬇️
#AMR #Siderophore
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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...
🧪 #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
www.science.org
December 14, 2024 at 9:10 PM
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...
🧪 #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...
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
academic.oup.com
December 23, 2024 at 6:55 AM
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...
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.
www.npr.org
December 22, 2024 at 8:11 PM
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...
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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...
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...
www.eawag.ch
December 17, 2024 at 7:54 AM
💡 "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...
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...
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.
December 21, 2024 at 7:36 AM
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.