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Back to news homePrecision: The Future of Preventative Health and Wellbeing | Ali Mostashari
Precision: The Future of Preventative Health and Wellbeing Ali Mostashari Founder & CEO, LifeNome Precision health is an emerging area of preventative healthcare that leverages the power of artificial intelligence, […]
Europe’s rush for a COVID-19 ‘digital pass’ stirs concerns
More details have emerged today about the European Commission’s legislative proposal for a pan-EU ‘digital green pass’ to show verified COVID-19 status. The plan is controversial from a human rights […]
Riva Health wants to turn your smartphone into a blood pressure monitor
Riva, founded by scientist Tuhin Sinha and Siri co-founder Dag Kittlaus, wants to help people measure their blood pressure in a clinically-approved way. Blood pressure can help indicate at-risk patients […]
Apple Maps updated with Covid-19 vaccination locations in the U.S.
Google earlier this year announced an update to Google Maps to help people find Covid-19 vaccination sites nearby, and now Apple is doing the same. Apple device owners can either […]
Desktop Metal launches a health-focused business line
Mass manufacturing may be the future of 3D printing (one hopes), but health products are very much its present. From orthodontics to prosthesis, medical needs are right in the sweet […]
European Medicines Agency Starts Rolling Review of Russia’s Sputnik V Coronavirus Vaccine
The European Medicines Agency has started a rolling review of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, bne IntelliNews reports, citing the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF). After being widely derided last […]
Silicon Valley’s myths and realities of existential risk
Existential risk has been on many of our minds the past year. Sales of survival goods from food kits to nuclear-proof bunkers are way up, we doomscroll on Twitter all […]
Foresite Capital raises $969 million fund to invest in healthcare startups across all stages of growth
Health and life science specialist investment firm Foresite Capital has raised a new fund, its fifth to date, totally $969 million in commitments from LPs. This is the firm’s largest […]
Eat this, exercise now; new personalized software predicts and helps prevent blood sugar spikes
Not everyone has Type 2 diabetes, the disease that causes chronically high blood sugar levels, but many do. Around 9% of Americans are afflicted, and another 30% are at risk […]