COVID-19 tracing apps in Bahrain, Kuwait and Norway spark privacy concerns
Bahrain and Kuwait are using their COVID-19 contact tracing apps as mass surveillance tools, it has emerged. According to a new report released by Amnesty International, the two Gulf states, along with...
View ArticleMental wellness app use, adoption hasn't spiked during COVID-19
Mental health and wellness app use has been on the rise during the past few months of COVID-19, but new quarantines and disease concerns may not be fueling the spike in new users or other...
View ArticleWWDC2020: Sleep tracking comes to Apple Watch at last, amid otherwise minor...
At the opening keynote for WWDC2020, Apple’s virtual developer conference, the company announced a few additional health and fitness capabilities for the Apple Watch — though the event was relatively...
View ArticleWearable tech to provide insight into mental health in the construction sector
With the aim to improve how sites are managed and to promote wellbeing in the construction sector, national framework organisation Pagabo has partnered up with health tech company Moodbeam to launch a...
View ArticlePandemic management – room for improvement at ground control?
With the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic tapering off at least in parts of the world, governments in many countries are working towards providing a framework of infection surveillance and infection...
View ArticleIreland’s contact tracing app ready to launch
Ireland’s health authority has expressed plans to go ahead with the launch of their contact tracing app, which will be submitted to Google and Apple for downloading from their app stores at some point...
View ArticleVerily, CVS Health join the budding back-to-work health screening market
Verily and CVS Health are among the latest big names lending their health and technology expertise to reopening businesses. Both companies have announced new enterprise offerings incorporating COVID-19...
View ArticleThermavis launch thermal scanner after £3M investment
Thermavis, the AI-powered thermal imaging system, has launched the Multi-Person Thermal Scanner following a £3 million investment in research and development. The non-intrusive scanner can accurately...
View ArticleEtihad Airways launches COVID-19 risk assessment tool with Medicus AI
Etihad Airways has launched a COVID-19 risk assessment tool that will “empower guests to make informed decisions about travelling,” it announced in a statement. The national airline of the United Arab...
View ArticleNew Irish contact tracing app ‘less invasive than Alexa’
The European Open Science Cloud Secretariat initiative has approved €1,235,000 in emergency funding for 32 projects to specifically tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.One of the new apps the initiative is...
View ArticleeHealth - the new way to treat mental health?
About the author: Aline Noizet is a connector by heart. Founder of Digital Health Connector, she is passionate about digital health, innovation and connecting the right people to have an impact on...
View ArticleNew clinically validated SleepCheck App launches
Brisbane-based digital health company, ResApp Health has announced the launch of SleepCheck, a mobile medical device software application that analyses a user’s breathing and snoring sounds during...
View Articlelululemon buys in-home workout platform Mirror for $500M
Exercise apparel company lululemon athletica announced yesterday that it will be acquiring Mirror, an in-home fitness-content-streaming platform, for $500 million in a deal slated to close at the end...
View ArticleGarmin acquires analytics company behind its smartwatches' fitness, health...
Garmin announced today that it has purchased Firstbeat Technologies' Firstbeat Analytics, its business unit responsible for physiological-measurement algorithms for use with consumer health and...
View ArticleApple was already developing handwashing sensing before COVID-19 hit
When Apple vice president of technology Kevin Lynch announced at WWDC last week that Apple Watch would add an automatic handwashing-detection feature in its next update, many people naturally assumed...
View ArticleHow healthy are health apps?
Healthcare systems around the world are entering a new era in which digital healthcare applications are increasingly becoming part of standard medical care. Whereas medications must undergo a strict...
View ArticleUAE’s Mulk Healthcare launches global 'e-hospital'
A Sharjah-based healthcare company has announced its latest venture; what it is dubbing the “Middle East’s first e-hospital”.Mulk Healthcare, which is part of the UAE’s Mulk Holdings International, has...
View ArticleReturn-to-work app uses voice samples to screen for respiratory illness symptoms
A new app announced this morning by PureTech Health spinout Sonde Health will listen to employees' voices to determine whether they have a potential respiratory condition and shouldn't return to...
View ArticleA snapshot of productivity tools to arm healthcare professionals
About the author: Joost Bruggeman, a former surgery resident at Amsterdam University Medical Centre, chose to transition into entrepreneurship after experiencing first-hand how inefficiency in medical...
View ArticleNew UAE-made face mask can reportedly eliminate COVID-19 virus within 30 minutes
A company based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has launched a reusable face mask that has been scientifically proven to eliminate the COVID-19 virus within half an hour of contact.Considered the...
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