Prognosis
Googling for Gut Symptoms Predicts Covid Hot Spots, Study Finds
- Gastrointestinal upsets may be harbinger of pandemic disease
- Internet search data may identify hot spots four weeks earlier
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Internet searches on gastrointestinal symptoms predicted a rise in Covid-19 cases weeks later, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital found, demonstrating a novel early warning system for hot spots of the pandemic disease.