Health tech company Detect announced Friday it had received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for its at-home molecular COVID-19 test.
The Detect test uses an app to help users perform and interpret their results. The company said it's also working on an electronic travel pass system with a telehealth service so its offering can be used for travel and events.
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South Korean AI digital health firm Exosystems snaps up $4M in Series A funding
AI-enabled digital health solutions maker Exosystems has raised $3.9 million in a Series A funding round participated by SBI Investment, Laguna Investment, and Korea Technology Finance Corporation.
Based on a press statement, the South Korea-based company will use its fresh funds to expand its clinical and technical...
A new COVID-19 modelling tool, which aims to boost visitor safety during Expo 2020 Dubai, has been unveiled by the Department of Health (DoH) Abu Dhabi.
Nicknamed the “Expo 2020 Model”, the epidemiological testing tool reportedly assesses the real-time risk of further spread of the coronavirus, if any, alerting health authorities of any causes for concern. The tool allows the sector to “generate...
In Australia, researchers have developed a tool that determines a person's risk of contracting COVID-19 and complications from vaccines.
Non-profit Immunisation Coalition collaborated with the University of Queensland, Flinders University, La Trobe University, and the Queensland University of Technology to create the COVID-19 Risk Calculator (CoRiCal) tool.
WHAT IT DOES
Users just have to...
Around half of adults in England have access to digital healthcare via the NHS login, according to the latest statistics from NHS Digital.
NHS login, the service which supports the NHS App, now has almost 28 million users – a rise from around 2.2 million in September 2020.
The online service, managed by NHS Digital, provides people with a single point of access to digital health and care websites...
UNO Tech enters Malaysia, brings clinic management system
Singaporean medical technology firm UNO Technologies has entered the Malaysian market through its partnership with local pharmaceutical upstart Aetos Pharma.
The company seeks to get a slice of the pie from the increasing investments into the country's public and private healthcare system. It notes that its startup and tech ecosystem is "...
A Swiss technology company that specialises in smart containers for the sustainable transportation of pharmaceutical products, has just received significant investment from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in a strategic round to increase growth in the Middle East and Far East regions.
SkyCell, which was founded in 2012, has secured $34.8 million (CHF 32 million) in Series C funding, in a...
Fujifilm India has partnered with Bangalore-based multi-speciality private healthcare provider Sakra World Hospital to launch a new AI-enabled software assisting doctors in diagnosing COVID-19 pneumonia.
WHAT IT DOES
The COVID-19 Pneumonia Image Analysis Programme automatically analyses chest CT images and display findings. It features Fujifilm's picture archiving and communication system SYNAPSE...
Online searches for digital health products in the UK increased by 343% during the first lockdown, according to a new public health study.
Research scientists led by Simon Leigh, head of research at the Organisation for the Review of Health and Care Applications (ORCHA) examined web-based internet searches for digital health products before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The study, published...
Scrolling through Dr. Nadia Chaudhri’s Twitter feed, her more than 150,000 followers could see a small window of her life with terminal ovarian cancer: a sun-lit photo of her son eating a mango, a funny tweet about the heart-shaped sticker used to prevent bedsores, the much-retweeted thread from September chronicling her symptoms and eventual diagnosis.
Chaudhri, a neuroscientist and professor...
.jpeg?itok=u8i-9dky "Developed by researchers from Khalifa University, the “Expo 2020 Model” uses a series of data to reportedly assess safety for those visiting the World Expo event in Dubai.")
_0.jpg?itok=iuxF7Us2 "ORCHA study found musculoskeletal and physiotherapy apps were most popular.")
