Biden administration asks US supreme court to halt abortion pill restrictions

  • April 14, 2023
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Biden administration asks US supreme court to halt abortion pill restrictions Limits slated to go into effect at 12.01am Saturday following lower court’s order revoking the FDA’s approval of mifepristone The Biden administration appealed to the US supreme court on Friday asking it to halt an appellate ruling that adds onerous restrictions to a key […]

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Google to offer limited access to medical LLM

  • April 14, 2023
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Google has announced that Med-PaLM 2, the tech giant’s medical large language model, will be available to select Google Cloud customers in the coming weeks to share feedback, explore use cases and for limited testing.  Med-PaLM 2 is a generative AI technology that utilizes Google’s LLMs to answer medical questions.  When tested on U.S. Medical […]

Electric seaglider revealed from REGENT to take flight next year

  • April 14, 2023
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Sustainable maritime transportation start-up REGENT revealed the full-scale prototype of its zero-emission 100% electric seaglider Friday, set to take flight in 2024. REGENT is on a mission to change regional transportation for the better. The company designs and builds all-electric “seagliders,” providing a quick, low-cost, sustainable coastal travel solution. With 40% of the world’s population […]

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Data analytics company Arcadia raises $125M and more digital health fundings

  • April 14, 2023
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Data analytics company Arcadia secures $125 million from strategic investor and financing partner Vista Credit Partners, Vista Equity Partners’ credit-lending arm.  The funds will be used to speed up the company’s platform development and accelerate its go-to-market strategy.  “Vista Credit Partners is the preferred partner to help us achieve our goals, providing new financing and […]

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AI-powered app helps more smokers quit

  • April 14, 2023
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A stop smoking mobile app that senses where and when smokers might be triggered to light up could help people quit, according to University of East Anglia (UEA) research. The recent study shows how the new app helped more smokers to quit than people who were only offered online NHS support. Quit Sense is the […]

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Q&A: Osso VR on the changing virtual reality funding environment

  • April 14, 2023
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Osso VR is a virtual reality surgical training and assessment platform that allows users to practice surgical techniques independently or with a team in an immersive environment.  The company’s founder and CEO, Dr. Justin Barad, who is also a practicing pediatric orthopedic surgeon at UCLA’s Orthopaedic Institute for Children, spoke with MobiHealthNews about Osso VR’s […]

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Supreme Court Briefly Preserves Broad Availability of Abortion Pill

  • April 14, 2023
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WASHINGTON — Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. issued an order on Friday temporarily ensuring that a common abortion pill would remain widely available while the Supreme Court considered whether to grant the Biden administration’s emergency request to preserve the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the drug. The order was meant to maintain the status […]

Tesla Cybertruck’s giant frunk has been spotted

  • April 14, 2023
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A new image of the Tesla Cybertruck has emerged revealing the giant frunk (front trunk) of the electric pickup truck. We have been closely following new Tesla Cybertruck prototypes spotted testing in the wild as the automaker is working to bring the electric pickup truck to production. The prototype sightings are gradually revealing new features […]