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Saturday, May 30, 2020

Researchers use biometrics, including data from the Oura Ring, to predict COVID-19 symptoms in advance [TechCrunch, 28 May 2020]

Title:
Researchers use biometrics, including data from the Oura Ring, to predict COVID-19 symptoms in advance

Author:
Darrell Etherington

Published:
TechCrunch, 28 May 2020
https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/28/researchers-use-biometrics-including-data-from-the-oura-ring-to-predict-covid-19-symptoms-in-advance/

From the article:
"A team of researchers from the West Virginia University (WVU) Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI), along with WVU’s Medicine department and staff from Oura Health have developed a platform they say can be used to anticipate the onset of COVID-19 symptoms in otherwise healthy people up to three days in advance. This can help with screening of pre-symptomatic individuals, the researchers suggest, enabling earlier testing and potentially reducing the exposure risk among front-line healthcare and essential workers."