MedArrive, a care management platform that merges telehealth and in-person care, announced it received an $8 million strategic investment from Cobalt Ventures, a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City subsidiary. The round brings the company’s total raise to $40.5 million. WHAT IT DOES MedArrive offers a provider network of paramedics, EMTs and other […]
South_agency | E+ | Getty Images Inflation continued to retreat in March as energy prices pulled back from a year ago, when they began to spike due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But swings in gasoline and other energy mask price pressures that, while easing, remain under the surface, economists said. “It’s improving and the economy […]
NHS England has launched a new immersive method of training to support healthcare learners to expand their skills when interacting with people with perinatal mental health problems. Using extended reality (XR) technology, learners are taken through a series of instructor-driven simulations, to interact with a virtual patient. The patient avatar Stacey was developed by Health Education […]
Tesla has delivered a new fleet of up to 21 Tesla Semi electric trucks to PepsiCo as the automaker slowly ramps up the much-delayed vehicle program. Tesla unveiled the production version of its Tesla Semi class 8 electric truck and delivered the first units in December. It came after years of delays in the program. Reservation […]
Integrated digital health solutions company Recuro Health has announced the closing of a $47 million (£37.8 million) Series B round investment. The Series B syndicate includes both new and existing investors, including ARCH Venture Partners, the Flippen Group, GPG Ventures, 4D Capital and others. Recuro will use the proceeds to advance and scale its Digital […]
The Health Tech World Awards introduced the judges, sponsors and the Health Tech World team to some truly game-changing innovations. Those that made the shortlist all successfully demonstrated how they were transforming patient outcomes in the UK, US and beyond. So it came as no surprise that the Most Improved Patient Outcomes award sparked plenty […]
At NHS England’s board meeting on 30 March, discussion focused on innovation and improving research within the NHS. The meeting placed focus on the work between NHSE and members of the Accelerated Access Collaborative (AAC), with the aim of improving the research and innovation environment in the UK along with improving access to proven technologies. […]
The White House on Wednesday designated a common animal tranquilizer that is increasingly mixed into street fentanyl as an “emerging drug threat,” a formal move that requires the administration to create strategies to enhance law enforcement efforts, health interventions and data collection to combat it. This is the first time that the White House’s Office […]
The discovery, hailed as “a major step towards Alzheimer’s prevention” was first made at the University of Oxford, but has now been confirmed by research groups in Holland, Sweden and China. Headed by Professor David Smith, former Chair of Pharmacology and Deputy Head of the Division of Medical Sciences at Oxford and director of the Oxford […]
The EPA has announced expected new emissions rules today that will save Americans trillions of dollars in health and fuel costs, avoid nearly 10 billion tons of emissions, and which the EPA projects will result in an EV market share of about 60% by 2030 and 67% by 2032. The rules are an improvement from […]
