Scripps researchers tap wearable data to track Covid-19 and flu

Scripps researchers tap wearable data to track Covid-19 and flu

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MedCity News
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Scripps Research launched a new study to see if data collective from wearable devices could be used to track flu-like illnesses, including Covid-19. In January, Scripps published a retrospective study using a similar methodology showing that sleep and resting heart rate data from Fitbits were correlated with the number of patients reporting influenza-like illness.