'Empower with information': How health tech is teaching women about themselves
Health tech innovations are not only pioneering the ways people access healthcare, they also provide a platform for people to understand more about their bodies. This is especially true for women, who...
View ArticleAmazon inks deal with Crossover to pilot employee health center in Texas
Amazon continues making moves in their employee health space, today announcing the launch of a pilot program with Crossover Health that will give its local employees access to local health centers. The...
View ArticleWalgreens, DoorDash partner on nonprescription delivery orders
Retail pharmacy chain Walgreens has cut a new deal with DoorDash that will bring on-demand delivery of over-the-counter medications and other health, wellness and convenience products to consumers, the...
View ArticleKorea's 'Dr. Answer' to undergo trial in Saudi Arabia
A South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) medical software solution is making its way to Saudi Arabia, it has been confirmed.Dr. Answer– a government-supported tool designed to “offer doctors...
View ArticleSprout's in-home autism care platform launches with $10M seed funding
This morning Sprout, a tech-enabled autism care and treatment program, launched its service on the back of $10 million in seed funding from institutional investors General Catalyst, Bling Capital and...
View ArticleBluetooth contact tracing apps built with Google and Apple's APIs still...
Despite very public messaging that the Bluetooth contact-tracing tools for COVID-19 developed by Google and Apple would not track users' locations, its implementation within Android operating systems...
View ArticleIndian wellness brand Cure.fit launches in US with in-app workouts,...
Cure.fit, an Indian fitness, health and lifestyle brand with $400 million in funding, announced this morning the official kickoff of its U.S. launch. Its app is now available for free download on the...
View ArticleInsurance startup Sidecar Health closes $20M for point-of-service payments
Sidecar Health, an insurance startup focused on price transparency and direct payments for care, has raised $20 million in a new round of funding announced this morning. Cathay Innovation headed the...
View ArticleHims eyes deal to go public and expands its remote mental health services
Consumer wellness and telehealth company Hims could be the next to throw its hat into the public markets.According to a report from Reuters, the startup is weighing a potential sale to an unnamed...
View ArticleAbbott app replacing neuromodulation system controllers receives FDA approval
Abbott has received FDA approval for a neuromodulation system-controller app that runs on iOS devices, the company announced Thursday.Compatible with Abbott's broader NeuroSphere Digital Care platform,...
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Health content verification is the No. 1 ethical decision challenging tech...
About the author: Roman Giverts is founder and CEO of VuMedi, a video education platform for doctors. The platform hosts more than 30,000 videos from medical institutions including Cleveland Clinic,...
View ArticleWith new EUA, LabCorp's COVID-19 diagnostic now handles asymptomatic, pooled...
On Friday evening, the FDA reissued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for LabCorp's COVID-19 RE-PCR Test that now allows for testing among those without any symptoms of COVID-19.The agency also...
View ArticleWithings collects $60M Series B to scale B2B offerings, add 100 employees
Withings, a maker of several consumer and B2B connected health devices once owned by Nokia, has announced the close of a $60 million Series B round. The raise was co-headed by Gilde Healthcare,...
View ArticleSaudi German Hospitals implement Robotic Process Automation to improve...
A leading healthcare operator in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has recruited the San Jose-headquartered Automation Anywhere to provide artificial intelligence (AI)-powered software bots to its...
View ArticleRoundup: Emirates Hospital Group implements Okadoc’s telehealth system,...
IRELAND’S CONTACT TRACING APP In the two weeks since Ireland’s Covid Tracker app was launched, it has been reported that 91 users have received a “close contact exposure alert”.The app invites users to...
View ArticleHims & Hers taps digital pharmacy Alto for same-day medication deliveries
D2C wellness and telehealth startup Hims & Hers is looking to cut down the time between medication orders and delivery for certain customers.Thanks to a newly announced partnership, patients...
View ArticleGoogle-Apple contact-tracing API updated with new dev tools, cross-country...
Google has posted an update on Exposure Notifications– their system-level framework for COVID-19 contact tracing developed in tandem with Apple – revealing that the tools have been incorporated into...
View ArticleAncestry launches next generation sequencing product
Consumer genomic company Ancestry, which got its start in providing testing for family history, is launching a new product which features next-generation sequencing. The new product aims to help...
View ArticleEuropean Commission expands Google-Fitbit acquisition probe into full-scale...
It's been about nine months since Google officially announced plans to acquire Fitbit. The deal was expected to close in Q2 2020, but antitrust concerns from U.S. and E.U. regulators have so far...
View ArticleApple & UCLA kick off device-driven depression and anxiety study
The University of California, Los Angeles announced yesterday the launch of an Apple-backed study that will use the tech company's devices to measure how sleep, physical activity and heart rate relate...
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