Health

Seae Ventures, a firm that provides funding to early-stage healthcare technology and services companies, announced it acquired Unseen Capital, a fellow venture capital firm that invests in companies that address the challenges faced by underrepresented entrepreneurs and marginalized communities.  Seae’s portfolio companies include maternal health startup Cabaya Care, value-based care health technology company for the Medicaid population Clinify and hybrid …

Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection that mainly affects the lungs and airways. The whooping cough vaccine is given as part of the routine childhood vaccination schedule in the UK, and from 2012 pregnant women have been able to get vaccinated against whooping cough which helps to protect babies in their first months of life. …

At Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event this morning in Paris, the tech giant announced its new AI-powered offerings, including the new Galaxy Ring designed to collect wearers’ health data 24/7 and the Galaxy Watch Ultra with new BioActive Sensors.  It also announced its Galaxy AI-powered Energy Score via Samsung Health, which provides personalized insight into the body’s functions and whether individuals …

A nursing training facility in India has recently opened, which could be the first to be augmented by virtual reality technology. Healthcare VR developer MediSim VR has partnered with Kusum Dhirajlal (KD) Hospital to establish the Virtual Reality Health Lab.  WHAT IT’S ABOUT Located at the 300-bed multispecialty hospital in Ahmedabad, a city in the western state of Gujarat in …

Sydney Neuroimaging Analysis Centre, an integrated neuroimaging research and commercial medical image analysis facility within the University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Centre, has secured government grant funding to market its AI-powered software for analysing and monitoring brain diseases.  It also announced on 5 July that it obtained the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s clearance for its flagship product, iQ-solutions.  WHAT IT’S …

In-home, value-based longitudinal primary care provider HarmonyCares announced it secured $200 million in a funding round led by General Catalyst, a large national payor and McKesson Ventures.  K2 HealthVentures and existing investors Valtruis, Rubicon Founders, Oak HC/FT and HLM Capital also participated in the round.  WHAT IT DOES HarmonyCares is a physician-led, value-based primary care provider that treats older adults …

Boston-based Uwill, a mental health platform for colleges and students, announced it has acquired Virtual Care Group, a fellow student-focused telehealth and wellness support platform. Uwill partners with colleges to offer students on-demand virtual access to licensed therapists and providers trained in crisis counseling. Students can also attend online wellness events through the company’s mental health and wellness app. The …

Antidote Technologies, a digital patient engagement company, announced it is partnering with SEQSTER, a multidimensional healthcare data platform, to identify patients for clinical trials and improve trial timelines. Antidote offers a clinical trial patient-recruitment platform that includes patient screening and support services.  The company will leverage SEQSTER’s operating system to better match patients to clinical trials based on their genomic …

The OpenAI Startup Fund and Arianna Huffington’s behavioral change technology platform Thrive Global announced the pair is launching a new company, Thrive AI Health, to expand access to personalized behavioral change health coaching using generative AI.  Thrive AI Health will offer an AI-enabled personalized health coach that will help scale behavioral change across five areas: connection, sleep, fitness, stress management, …

Australia invests $20M for new health AI projects The Australian government has awarded 10 AI projects from major universities with nearly A$30 million ($20 million) in total grant funding to improve healthcare access. These include research from the University of Queensland to trial AI, in tandem with 3D total skin imaging, for early melanoma detection. Another project from the University …