How Web Searches and Pollen Data Reveal True Asthma Burden

Researchers in Germany and Sweden have developed a novel method to measure allergic asthma cases by combining internet search trends, pollen counts, and prescription data—offering health systems a faster, cheaper alternative to traditional surveys. The approach could help governments and pharmaceutical companies better track disease outbreaks and plan resource allocation in real time.

Originaltitel: Assessing the national burden of allergic asthma by web-search data, pollen counts, and drug prescriptions in Germany and Sweden