On Tuesday, Peloton announced the upcoming release of its entry-level Tread device. The news came ahead of a disappointing earnings report and after recalls of both of its treadmill products. […]
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It was once common practice for doctors to visit sick patients in their homes: In 1930, 40% of all consultations were house calls. By 1980, that figure was less than […]
Israel’s DiA gets $14M to expand AI-driven ultrasound analysis
Israel-based AI healthtech company, DiA Imaging Analysis, which is using deep learning and machine learning to automate analysis of ultrasound scans, has closed a $14 million Series B round of […]
Back to the suture: The future of healthcare is in the home
Sumi Das Contributor Sumi Das is a partner at CapitalG, Alphabet’s independent growth fund, where he leads healthcare tech and consumer fintech investments. Prior investments include Robinhood, Stripe, Convoy, Albert, […]
Writing a Winning SBIR Proposal to NIH | Eric Ledet
Writing a Winning SBIR Proposal to NIH Eric Ledet Co-founder & Chief Science Officer, ReVivo Medical Eric H. Ledet, Ph.D. is a biomedical engineer with 25 years of award-winning translational […]
Generating Value for Acquisition in the Medical Device Space | Eric Ledet
Generating Value for Acquisition in the Medical Device Space Eric Ledet Co-founder & Chief Science Officer, ReVivo Medical Eric H. Ledet, Ph.D. is a biomedical engineer with 25 years of […]
Maven’s comprehensive approach to women’s health earns it unicorn status
For Kate Ryder, the founder of women’s health clinic and benefits platform Maven, business is personal. During the first year of building her company, Ryder experienced a miscarriage. Maven began […]
Ultrahuman raises $17.5M, touting a wearable blood glucose tracker
Fitness platform Ultrahuman has officially announced a $17.5 million Series B fund raise, with investment coming from early stage fund Alpha Wave Incubation, Steadview Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, Blume Ventures […]
Hear how Cityblock Health’s Toyin Ajayi, Carbon Health’s Eren Bali and Forward’s Adrian Aoun see tech impacting access to health at Disrupt 2021
If there’s one thing that the ongoing COVID-19 crisis has proven, it’s that the healthcare system in the U.S. is in drastic need of major transformation. One of the biggest […]
Nine People Die after Oxygen Failure Incident in Russian Corona Hospital
Source: The Moscow Times According to officials, nine coronavirus patients died Monday in Russia’s republic of North Ossetia when an oxygen pipe broke at a hospital in the city Vladikavkaz. […]