Alignment Healthcare, a provider of privatized Medicare benefits for seniors, has launched its initial public offering.
Category: Consumer Tech
Uber Expands Prescription Delivery Business
Uber is expanding deeper into the prescription delivery business by partnering with the software firm ScriptDrop and its relationships with pharmacy chains.
Hilton And Delta Join Lyft’s Ride Shares To Covid-19 Vaccines
Lyft said Hilton and Delta Airlines will join the ride-sharing giant’s effort to mobilize 60 million low-income Americans to Covid-19 vaccination sites across the U.S.
How Fauna Helps Deliver The Serverless Future
The world of IT is moving to a new application model that goes beyond the client-server models of yore and beyond the ubiquitous web servers we use every day.
FemBeat: Oula Launches Its First Prenatal Clinic, Creating A Hybrid Model Of Care For Pregnant Women
Today, the Brooklyn-based startup announced that it is opening its first prenatal clinic — a 2,000 square-foot facility in the New York borough that will be home to a full range of pregnancy care services.
Cigna’s Evernorth To Buy Telehealth Provider MDLive
Cigna’s Evernorth healthcare services business will buy MDLive, a fast-growing provider of telehealth services that have taken off during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Zocdoc, Growing As Vaccine Appointment Scheduler, Raises $150 Million
Zocdoc has raised $150 million – the biggest single funding round yet for the company that has found a niche helping Americans schedule Covid-19 vaccination appointments.
FemBeat: DTC Women’s Health Brand Stix Launches A New Line Of Products To Test, Treat And Prevent UTIs
Stix has been selling pregnancy and ovulation tests through its website for a little over a year now and has seen sales soar during the pandemic.
FemBeat: Hormone Health Startup Aavia Launches Its App And Smart Pill Case With $2.5 Million In Seed Money
Aavia, a newcomer on the block, is addressing hormone health as a whole, emphasizing the fact that hormones affect us all month long, not just during our period.
UnitedHealth Group Profits Tumble As Covid-19 Medical Costs Rise
UnitedHealth Group profits fell nearly 40% in the fourth quarter of last year as Americans returned to the doctor’s office to get medical treatment put off by the Covid-19 pandemic.
