Tag: health
France is developing an app to track the spread of COVID-19
France is joining those countries betting that technology will help track and contain COVID-19. It’s developing a StopCovid contact tracing mobile app that will use Bluetooth to detect transmission chains for the coronavirus and help limit the spread… Source
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Headspace appoints former Intuit exec CeCe Morken as president and COO
As it looks to continue along its path of developing clinically validated digital therapeutics for consumer and clinical mental health and wellness, Headspace has bulked up its executive team with the addition of longtime Intuit executive, CeCe Morken. Morken will become the company’s first president and chief operating officer, joining…
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Livongo stock jumps over 10 percent on revised earnings guidance, pointing to digital health boom
Livongo Health’s stock jumped over ten percent on a day that saw most exchanges tumble after a day of crazy volatility. The digital diagnostics and therapeutics company is benefiting from booming demand for digital health services as remote medicine takes center stage for beleaguered health care providers looking to keep…
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Hims launches group therapy services as first foray into broader mental health initiative
Hims, the startup consumer health brand providing out-of-pocket physician services online, has launched group therapy services through its Hims and Hers brands as part of an initial push into mental health services. The company first began exploring opportunities to expand into the mental health category around eight months ago, and…
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Self-driving shuttles are ferrying COVID-19 tests at a Florida clinic
Drive-thru COVID-19 tests are only as safe and quick as the systems used to put those tests in the hands of clinics, and a new initiative in Jacksonville, Florida might just improve that weak link. The Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville Transportation Authori… Source
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Facebook and Carnegie Mellon launch survey to track Covid-19
Facebook is working with researchers at Carnegie Mellon to survey users about coronavirus symptoms as part of the company’s latest effort to help fight the pandemic. The new surveys, which will begin appearing at the top of users’ News Feeds, will as… Source
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