In their recent publication in Gut, Lin et al report 11% of patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) to present at admission with GI symptoms1; early observations reported that COVID-19 could present with GI symptoms in 3% of patients.2 3 Diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting and/or ...
The emergence of COVID-19 dramatically changed social behavior across societies and contexts. Here we study whether social norms also changed. Specifically, we study this question for cultural tightness (the degree to which societies generally have strong norms), specific social norms (e.g. stealing...
If you think you’ve come into contact with the virus, or if you have symptoms, isolate yourself and check your temperature every morning and evening for at least 10 days. Keep track of the readings. A fever is the most common COVID-19 symptom, but it’s sometimes below 100 F. In a...
We analyze data from Twitter to uncover early-warning signals of COVID-19 outbreaks in Europe in the winter season 2019–2020, before the first public announcements of local sources of infection were made. We show evidence that unexpected levels of concerns about cases of pneumonia were raised ...
JERUSALEM, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Israeli researchers developed an online platform that enables self-monitoring of an individual's sense of smell for detecting early signs of COVID-19, Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) reported Thursday.
S.Korea Considers Early Easing of COVID Visa Curbs on Travellers From China - Yonhap More Reuters A group of Chinese tourists head to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing centre upon their arrival at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Januar...
This period coincided with the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, and there has been speculation that holiday travel may have accelerated the propagation of COVID-19 both within China and internationally4. As part of initial efforts to contain the outbreak, the Chinese government announced ...
The outbreak of COVID-19 has become a worldwide pandemic. The pathogenesis of this infectious disease and how it differs from other drivers of pneumonia is unclear. Here we analyze urine samples from COVID-19 infection cases, healthy donors and non-COVID
Researchers find that an influenza surveillance system from the WHO showed early signs of COVID-19 pandemic. Credit: Martin Sanchez, Unsplash (CC0, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) Outliers in the number of cases of influenza-like illness (ILI) that tested negative for influ...
Researchers compared the ability to predict early signs of COVID-19 infection using current National Health Service UKdiagnostic criteriaand a Hierarchical Gaussian Process model, a type of machine learning. This machine learning model was able to incorporate some characteristics about the person affected...