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☆ Here's why digital health experts think a slowdown in record funding will benefit the industry
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Digital health funding has cooled off after reaching record levels in 2021, as interest rates rise. The frenzied digital health market has finally chilled out. But there's a silver lining to the cooldown, digital health experts said during a panel at the HLTH conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday. "It was exciting and manic and lots of great ideation and creation, but totally ridiculous," Jonathan Bush, founder and CEO of the startup Zus Health, said of digital health funding at its height. Funding in digital health tumbled to $12.6 billion as investors contended with rising interest rates amid a market downturn.

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☆ A top Cigna exec shares 3 key reasons the health insurer just bet $2.7 billion on Walgreens-backed primary-care upstart VillageMD
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Cigna is putting $2.7 billion behind primary-care company VillageMD's merger with Summit Health-CityMD. The deal would give it a stake in VillageMD, an annual dividend, and a push toward value-based care. VillageMD said this week that it plans to merge with fellow primary-care provider Summit Health-CityMD in an $8.9 billion deal funded in part by the healthcare giant Cigna. VillageMD CEO Tim Barry Courtesy VillageMD3 reasons why Cigna's investing $2.7 billion in VillageMDEvanko said the investment provides financial and strategic benefits for Cigna. Evernorth could take what it learns from partnering with VillageMD and extend those capabilities to other healthcare providers it works with, he said.

☆ Here's an exclusive look at the 18-slide presentation that a health-data startup used to land $20 million as it eyes profitability
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Carta Healthcare just announced $20 million in Series B funding led by Paramark Ventures. That puts startups in need of a Series B round in a tough position. The health-data startup said on November 2 that it had raised a $20 million Series B round led by Paramark Ventures. Insider got an exclusive look at the pitch deck Carta Healthcare used to raise $20 million in Series B funding. Here's the 18-slide presentation Carta Healthcare used to raise $20 million in Series B funding.

☆ We're increasing price targets on 3 of our stocks, including 2 crushing the boarder market
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Following our price target changes on eight Club holdings last month, we're updating three more Tuesday to reflect their recent quarterly earnings reports and outlooks. It's also worth noting that we have not adjusted our Lilly price target since competitor Biogen (BIIB) reported positive topline results from a study to treat early Alzheimer's. Halliburton (HAL): Club price target increasing to $44 per share from $40 This update comes about two weeks after the oilfield services provider reported a stronger-than-expected third quarter . THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB.

☆ Hundreds of thousands of UK healthcare workers balloted for strikes
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Health workers are leaving for work that pays better and doesn't take such a toll on them and their families," Unison General Secretary Christina McAnea said in a statement. "If this continues, the health service will never conquer the backlog and treat the millions desperately awaiting care." The number of patients waiting to start treatment shot up to a record 6.8 million at the end of July. The strain on the health service is one of the pressing problems inherited by Sunak, who in his first speech as prime minister promised a "stronger NHS" on Tuesday. Unison, which is balloting workers from over 250 health trusts and boards across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, said strikes were "not inevitable."

☆ Half of Virginia high school out sick due to flu-like, gastrointestinal symptoms in mystery outbreak
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Nearly half the student population of a Virginia high school was out of school Friday suffering flu-like or gastrointestinal symptoms, with an investigation into the source of the mystery outbreak underway, officials said. Approximately 1,000 students were absent Friday from Stafford High School in Fredericksburg, Virginia, with many reporting flu-like and gastrointestinal symptoms, Sandra Osborn, Chief communications officer for Stafford County Public Schools said. That's nearly half of the school's population of 2,100 students. Stafford High school is open Monday and “we are reassessing conditions this morning," Osborn said. Stafford High School canceled all school related activities and athletics over the weekend, “due to the high number of student and staff illnesses reported this week,” according to their Facebook page.

☆ Digital-health veteran Halle Tecco said she'd never start another healthcare company. Then she launched a startup to reimagine how egg donors get paid.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Halle Tecco is a "one-woman venture studio" as a cofounder of the fertility startup Cofertility. Halle Tecco got the idea for Cofertility after she left Rock Health, the digital-health venture-capital firm she cofounded in 2016. But egg freezing wasn't nearly as popular then, she said, so she instead founded the fertility startup Natalist in 2018. How Cofertility worksAt launch, Tecco said Cofertility had completed screening for more than 50 donors and that nearly 1,000 donors had started the application process. 'One-woman venture studio'From the beginning of Cofertility, Tecco said she was intentional about wanting to lead the business' ideation and development, not its day-to-day operations.

☆ 34 of the most promising women's health startups of 2022, according to VCs
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Stephanie Palazzolo | Samantha Stokes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

We asked top venture capitalists to name the most promising women's health startups so far in 2022. The result is a list of 34 companies covering everything from menopause to cardiovascular health. Last year, funding for women's health startups exploded to an impressive $2.5 billion, about a threefold increase from the previous year, according to data from McKinsey and Rock Health. Some think the colloquial label "femtech" for women's health startups prevents investors from seeing the potential of the space. Insider asked top investors to nominate the most promising women's health startups they'd come across, both within and outside their portfolios.

☆ Walmart's mission to offer accessible healthcare has been slow going. But as competition heats up from Amazon, it has developed these 5 strategies to disrupt the lucrative industry.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Ben Tobin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The company has made several big moves on telehealth, clinics healthcare research, and more. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer announced in October the launch of the "Walmart Healthcare Research Institute," an institute geared toward helping underserved communities participate in clinical research. But Walmart has still faced significant challenges, from major leadership departures to a slower than expected rollout of healthcare clinics. Rolling out healthcare clinics nationwideA Walmart Health center. Launching a research institute for clinical trial participationWalmart is seeking to bolster clinical trial participation with its new healthcare research institute.

☆ Digital-Health Venture Funding Pulls Back from Last Year’s Rush
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Brian Gormley | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Venture-capital investment in digital health is down from last year’s record pace and increasingly focused on startups to help healthcare providers operate more effectively, an industry report said. U.S. startups in digital health—including telemedicine, software-based therapeutics and technology to help medical practices function more efficiently—secured $2.2 billion in venture capital during the third quarter, according to Rock Health, a San Francisco-based venture investor and advisory firm. It was the slowest quarter for digital-health investment since the fourth quarter of 2019, when companies raised $2.1 billion, Rock Health said.

☆ Poliovirus found in Brooklyn and Queens sewage, New York health officials say
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Kathy Hochul has extended the state of emergency declared in response to the spread of poliovirus after sewage tested positive in Brooklyn and Queens. The New York State Department of Health, in a statement Tuesday, said the sewage sample that tested positive in Brooklyn and Queens is genetically linked to the virus that paralyzed an unvaccinated adult in Rockland County over the summer. A total of 70 sewage samples have tested positive for poliovirus in the New York City metropolitan area so far, according to New York state health officials. More than 28,000 doses of polio vaccine have been administered since July in Rockland, Orange, Sullivan and Nassau countries, according to state health officials. State, national, and global health authorities believe the poliovirus found in New York originated from a country that still uses the oral polio vaccine.

☆ Pakistan flood victims hit by disease outbreak amid stagnant water
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Syed Raza Hassan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

read moreWith Pakistan's already weak health system and lack of support, displaced families have complained of being forced to drink and cook with disease-ridden water. "The aid is slow to arrive," said Dr. Farah Naureen, Mercy Corps' country director for Pakistan after visiting several submerged regions. "We need to work in a coordinated manner to respond to their immediate needs," she said in a statement late Monday, prioritising clean drinking water. Health and nutrition stand out as the most important needs of the displaced population, she said. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterWriting by Asif Shahzad.

☆ A fund manager who's beaten 97% of his peers over the last 3 years shares 8 stocks he's betting on for the next 3-5 years — and breaks down the key tenets of his investing philosophy
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( William Edwards | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Quality stocks are those that generate robust and stable profits, and have high returns on equity. In addition to having robust profit margins, Stimpson also likes firms that show strong earnings growth. 8 stocks Stimpson is betting onTwo sectors in the market with a growth tilt are technology and healthcare. He also likes semiconductor firms because he thinks they're oversold and undervalued. Four semiconductor firms he likes include: Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Ambarella (AMBA), KLA-Tencor (KLA), and Kulicke & Soffa Industries (KLIC).

☆ Gastroenteritis, malaria kill 9 more people in Pakistan floods aftermath
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Syed Raza Hassan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A displaced woman holds her ailing boy, while taking refuge in a camp, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Sehwan, Pakistan, September 16, 2022. read moreRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe provincial government said in a report issued on Tuesday that nine people died of gastroenteritis, acute diarrhoea and suspected malaria on Monday. The report said over 72,000 patients were treated on Monday at makeshift or mobile hospitals set up in flood-hit regions. Malaria and diarrhoea are out of control, he said. read moreRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterWriting by Asif Shahzad; Editing by Raju GopalakrishnanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ How to Shop for an Ergonomic Office Chair
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-05 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +11 min

Not only does it come in three sizes, but it is also exceptionally adjustable (think seat height, seat tilt, lumbar support and armrests). It’s an especially chic white ergonomic office chair option, but if you’re not loving the leatherette, spring for Italian leather instead (about $200 more). So Via, a Las Vegas-based manufacturer of commercial office furniture, introduced a handful of their made-in-the-U.S. ergonomic chairs to the home market. “It has been the greatest decision,” the designer says of her Herman Miller ergonomic chair. In a perfect world, you’ll find an ergonomic chair with adjustable armrests, but your desk can provide that arm support too.

☆ Millions more people without children are now eligible for a tax credit that could save them thousands
▼ + stars: | 2022-04-08 | by ( Jason Lalljee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Earned Income Tax Credit is now available to people who are at least 19 years old. The EITC is a rare break for low-income childless adults, who are often shut out of assistance programs. Tax credit targets benefits gap for low-income people without kidsThe EITC has historically existed as a tax break for low- to moderate-income workers, with credits ranging between $560 and $6,935 for 2022. Because it's a refundable tax credit, lower-income taxpayers who have little (or no) income-tax liability can receive the total amount of the credit as a tax refund anyway. Its money goes to general assistance programs, which support a broader population including non-parents, in just 25 states.

☆ Cerebral is trying out an unusual clinical trial for a depression drug that has other companies wary. Here’s why.
▼ + stars: | 2022-01-14 | by ( Megan Hernbroth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The mental-health startup Cerebral partnered with Alto Neuroscience for a clinical trial. The mental-health startup Cerebral is teaming up with Alto Neuroscience on an upcoming home-based clinical trial for the biopharmaceutical company Alto's depression-drug candidate, according to federal records. The idea behind the partnership is that Cerebral is a mental-health company treating patients with depression, the condition for which Alto is developing treatments. Cerebral Chief Medical Officer David Mou told TechCrunch in December that the startup provided patients for the trial "within an hour." How Alto is running the trialThe trial with Cerebral does not include a control group, according to the filing.

☆ Social Determinants of Health: Technology, examples and healthcare trends in 2021
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-16 | by ( Insider Intelligence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Healthcare payers and providers are broadening the scope of health-influencing factors they address to include social determinants of health (SDOH). The following is a preview of one Digital Health report, the Social Determinants of Health Report. Hospitals and insurers use digital health to tackle nonclinical health factors. What are social determinants of health (SDOH)? Social determinants of health (SDOH) are non-medical, economic and environmental conditions that both directly and indirectly impact one's health, like access to transportation and nutritious food.

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☆ Next two weeks will be critical for China in coronavirus outbreak, IMF chief says
▼ + stars: | 2020-02-14 | by ( Vicky Mckeever | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

China's National Health Commission on Friday reported an additional 121 deaths nationwide, with 5,090 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus. She explained that not only was this strain of the new virus, COVID-19, different than SARS but China and the world economy had also changed. China only represented 8% of the world economy in the early 2000s and now makes up a 19% share, she pointed out. She added that the world economy at that time was "actually in quite good shape," but was now more "sluggish." Physicians have likened it to the outbreak of SARS, which had a short incubation period of two to seven days.

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