Scientists Say It May Be Possible to Detect a Fever Before You Feel Sick

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00:00Wouldn't it be nice to know when you're about to get sick?

00:06Thanks to a new smart ring, you might soon be able to do just that.

00:09Eureka Alert reports a device worn on the finger could be used to detect fevers before you feel it,

00:14which is a symptom of COVID-19 and the flu.

00:17A team from the University of California, San Diego, UC San Francisco, and MIT Lincoln Lab

00:22published their findings in the journal Scientific Reports.

00:25The study is a proof of concept for the Oura Ring that records temperature, heart rate,

00:29respiratory rate, and levels of activity throughout the day and night.

00:33Researchers looked at 65,000 people wearing the ring and noticed that fever onset often

00:38happened before subjects reported symptoms.

00:40Wearables like this could be used as an early alert system for COVID.

00:44The goal is to create an algorithm that can predict the onset of symptoms like fever,

00:48cough, and fatigue by the end of the year.