YouTube is expanding product features that aim to provide information and context about credible health sources to include videos made by licensed healthcare professionals.
The health source information panels, which were first introduced in the U.S. last year, label health content from authoritative sources like educational institutions, public health departments, hospitals and government...
Walgreens is partnering with DoorDash and Uber Health to deliver Paxlovid, an oral antiviral therapy for COVID-19, to underserved communities.
Through the partnership, eligible patients who live in disadvantaged communities as measured by the CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index can receive free delivery for their Paxlovid prescriptions on Walgreens.com or through the Walgreens app.
The...
Even with a background in social work, Soda Health CEO and cofounder Robby Knight said it was a struggle to help his father set up supplemental benefits when he became eligible for Medicare.
"What really hit me hard there was that in spite of what we do to make our lives better and really affect health more broadly in the U.S., the challenge is we still have a lot of people that are experiencing...
Today, four astronauts headed to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of SpaceX's 5th Commercial Crew mission will begin a six-month venture into space-based research.
Launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the Crew-5 astronauts brought multiple research investigations sponsored by the ISS National Lab.
Throughout the mission, the astronauts will support hundreds of research and...
Singapore clears VUNO's AI software for fundus analysis
South Korean medical AI firm VUNO has recently obtained a medical device certification from Singapore's Health Sciences Authority for its AI-based fundus analysis software.
The VUNO Med-Fundus AI analyses images of the fundus, which is the back part of the eye, to provide findings necessary for the diagnosis of retinal diseases. It can...
Zócalo Health, a virtual healthcare service for Latino patients, raised $5 million in a seed funding round led by Animo, Virtue and Vamos Ventures.
Other participants in the funding raise include Necessary Ventures and Able Partners as well as Cityblock Health CEO Toyin Ajayi, social policy researcher and venture capitalist Freada Kapor Klein, Out-of-Pocket's Nikhil Krishnan and ORDRS CEO Erik...
Google announced several health equity-focused updates to its products Monday, including an addition to Search that provides information about public insurance programs like Medicare and Medicaid.
In a blog post, the tech giant said users will see eligibility requirements and how to enroll when they search for Medicare or Medicaid health plans. People currently covered under Medicaid will also be...
Receiving opioid use disorder-related telehealth care during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with lower odds of medically treated overdose and better retention using medications like methadone and buprenorphine, according to a study published in JAMA Psychiatry.
The research used data from Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries ages 18 and older who had received a diagnosis for opioid use...
Western Australia's Disability Services has gone live with a new website that offers information about the health considerations of people with Down syndrome.
The My Voice My Health website was designed by Down Syndrome Western Australia through the funding provided by the state's Department of Communities.
The online resource hub has information on health topics relevant to people with DS; lists...
Though breast cancer treatment can be highly effective, women across the globe face drastically different outcomes depending on where they live.
According to research compiled by the World Health Organization, survival for at least five years after diagnosis ranges from more than 90% in high-income countries to only 66% in India and 40% in South Africa.
Geetha Manjunath, founder and CEO of...
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