Study: Searches for Gut Symptoms Rose Weeks Before Outbreaks - Newser

Searches for gastrointestinal symptoms including loss of taste and diarrhea appear to be linked to coronavirus outbreaks, according to research at a Massachusetts hospital.

20 and April 20 revealed that surges in cases followed rises in searches for the symptoms in California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York, Bloomberg reports.

The researchers, whose study is published in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, say the local outbreaks came three to four weeks after the searches.