STAT+: Cognito Therapeutics raises $50 million for Alzheimer’s treatment tech
Cognito Therapeutics has raised $50 million in funding as it seeks to advance treatments for…
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STAT+: Cue Health rode Covid-19 to an NBA deal and a $3 billion valuation. Now it faces layoffs and a rocky future
It didn’t have the brand recognition of Abbott, or the billions of the medical technology…
How pregnancy could prove the potential of smartwatches
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Wearables are collecting a flood of data. An ambitious new study of pregnancy aims to prove that’s valuable for health
When Stephen Friend left Apple in 2017 after a stint helping to jumpstart its health…
The pitfalls of pandemic apps, Epic’s data network, & Medicare’s race data problem
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STAT+: Smartphone apps promised to help combat the pandemic. How well did they work?
When the pandemic hit, tech giants like Apple and Google as well as upstart technology…
U.S. Covid test makers anticipate layoffs after government reallocates funds
Domestic Covid test manufacturers are wrestling with the federal government’s decision to shuttle an already…
Hospital data is funneled to Facebook, Verily’s business model, and virtual reality surgery
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STAT+: Facebook is receiving sensitive medical information from hospital websites
A tracking tool installed on many hospitals’ websites has been collecting patients’ sensitive health information…
Health tech companies are facing a wave of layoffs
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Rune Labs’ Apple Watch tracking for Parkinson’s earns FDA greenlight
Software that enables Apple Watch-based tracking of Parkinson’s disease symptoms has received clearance from the…
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Opinion: Understanding long Covid will take the lived experiences of long haulers
I went from training for the Big Sur 21-miler to barely being able to climb…
STAT+: With Cerner deal closed, Oracle chair pitches sweeping vision for health records and artificial intelligence
Oracle chairman and chief technology officer Larry Ellison vowed to prioritize the cloud giant’s health…
Apple unveils a medication-tracking app and new heart health features for smartwatches
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STAT+: The graveyard of health tech pilots: why some experiments flourish and others fizzle
Pilot programs are health tech’s proving ground: they let health systems test-drive new devices and…
STAT+: With new research, health tech companies try to make a case for virtual diabetes care
For all the time and money health tech companies have poured into developing virtual care…
Early pregnancy detection, wearables for Parkinson’s, and health in the cloud
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STAT+: Carbon Health, citing concerns about path to profitability, lays off 250 employees
Carbon Health, which runs dozens of brick-and-mortar clinics and a virtual care business, laid off…
Can wearables turn temperature into a pregnancy test?
Your smartwatch can ping you about an irregular heartbeat. Your phone can assess your fall…
STAT+: Companies can’t make CAR-T cells for cancer treatment quickly enough. Here’s what they’re doing about it
The shortage of manufacturing slots for CAR-T cells, which has left myeloma patients dying on…
Listen: ‘Racism is America’s oldest algorithm’: How bias creeps into health care AI
Artificial intelligence and medical algorithms are deeply intertwined with our modern health care system. These…
STAT+: ‘We have to test’: A Google AI leader on why it’s imperative to move slow in health tech
Google has big ideas for machine learning in medicine. Greg Corrado, who helps lead health…
Top privacy researchers urge the health care industry to safeguard patient data
Patient data might be the biggest business you’ve never heard of. As a STAT investigation…
Are smartphones making us miserable? A Google study aims to find out
Google is teaming up with researchers to investigate how the mobile devices glued to our…
STAT+: How a complex web of businesses turned private health records from GE into a lucrative portrait of patients
It was supposed to be a routine client meeting. Instead, one of GE Healthcare’s largest…
STAT+: Life or death decisions and no feedback: New study highlights the value of patient tracking, especially in the ER
Back in the ‘80s, when Shamai Grossman was mulling which medical specialty to choose, the…
STAT+: Google taps FDA’s former digital health chief for global strategy role
Google has hired the former head of digital health at the U.S. Food and Drug…
STAT+: 3 burning questions about the future of prescribing drugs online
Online companies prescribing and dispensing medications like Adderall are garnering increasing scrutiny from clinicians and…
Can Google’s Google Pixel Watch compete with Apple on health?
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STAT+: The FDA eased rules for mental health apps during the pandemic. Now companies are bracing for it to tighten the reins
In April 2020, as the horrors of the pandemic were beginning to unspool, the Food…
STAT+: Researchers look to deliver ‘unbiased judgment of AI bias’ in medicine
After an explosion of excitement in the potential for machine learning in medicine, cracks in…
A machine learning company pitches its plan to get ahead of the next pandemic
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Telehealth aims to crack open Paxlovid’s prescription bottleneck
After months of shortages, pharmacies across the United States are being stocked with drugs to…
STAT+: Cerebral, under intense scrutiny, is ‘actively adjusting’ strategy on ADHD ads
Amid intense scrutiny of its prescribing practices, the online mental health company Cerebral launched a…
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New funding for Curebase and Sidekick Health, Talkspace earnings, and Cerebral setbacks
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Truepill halts Adderall prescriptions, heart algorithm taps Apple Watch data, and home health sees a goldrush
Truepill halts prescriptions for stimulants The online pharmacy Truepill is temporarily halting prescriptions of Adderall and other…
STAT+: Meet the lawmakers and lobbyists who want to bring health tech into the home
Years into the pandemic’s almost overnight transition to virtual care, providers and health plans are…
STAT+: An algorithm that analyzes Apple Watch data shows early promise in detecting heart problems
Mayo Clinic is developing an algorithm capable of detecting a weak heart pump from electrocardiograms…
Researchers test the power of machine learning to unravel long Covid’s mysteries
Long Covid, with its constellation of symptoms, is proving a challenging moving target for researchers…
Teladoc takes a hit with $6.6 billion impairment charge on Livongo
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AI can predict missed appointments. How can hospitals use that data for better care?
For every five appointments at Boston Children’s Hospital, one patient doesn’t show up. Missed appointments…
STAT+: Tough questions, few answers: The FDA wrestles with its approach to AI in medicine
It was a brave thing for the Food and Drug Administration to do. Earlier this…
AI tools to predict hospital stays are hampered by a string of shortcomings
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STAT+: Biofourmis raises $300 million as it looks to drive adoption of remote care
Biofourmis has spent years trying to figure out how to help care for patients with…
Opinion: Wearable device data need to represent all of us
The growing uptake of wearable devices has sparked enthusiasm among health researchers, and for good…
Health tech funding from consumers, a breakthrough breakdown, & new hires
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Listen: An ominous biotech deal, vaccines for kids, & ‘breakthrough’ devices
Can buyouts be bad news? Why can’t Novavax meet a deadline? And what does “breakthrough”…
For kids with Down syndrome, a new device offers hope for treating difficult sleep problems
Kate Dougherty pairs all of her son Eliot’s doctor’s appointments with a treat, like a…
STAT+: What counts as a breakthrough? 8 insights on the FDA’s approach to medical devices
The word breakthrough carries a kind of weight: It’s a dramatic step forward, a critical…
Investigating FDA’s breakthrough devices, big data ethics, & AI for colon cancer
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