The Lancet Digital Health: Real-time flu prediction may be possible using wearable heart rate and sleep tracking devices

(The Lancet) The research, published in The Lancet Digital Health journal, demonstrates the potential of data from wearable devices to improve surveillance of infectious disease. Resting heart rate tends to spike during infectious episodes and this is captured by wearable devices such as smartwatches and fitness trackers, that track heart rate.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news