Category: Editors’ Pick

Women-Led VC Firm TMV Raises $64 Million To Back ‘Triple Bottom-Line’ Startups Benefiting The Planet

Soraya Darabi and Marina Hadjipateras are looking to write $1 million-plus checks into early-stage startups in health and pet care, sustainable solutions, the future of work, financial inclusion and mobility from New York-based venture capital firm TMV.

Digital Health Startup Transcarent Just Raised $200 Million To Grow Its Concierge Medical Business

The company, helmed by former Livongo CEO Glen Tullman, just raised a series C round at a $1.6 billion valuation.

Walgreens Will Open 160 Village Medical Clinics By Year’s End

Walgreens will have more than 160 doctor-staffed Village Medical clinics open by the end of this year.

Antibiotic Resistant Bacterium MRSA Evolved In Hedgehogs 200 Years Ago, Study Finds

One type of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus – MRSA, the antibiotic-resistant bacterial scourge of modern clinical medicine – may have evolved 200 years ago in wild European hedgehogs, according to a recent study.

This Startup Raised Over $500 Million To Find Better Drugs With Nobel Prize-Winning Microscopes

Eikon Therapeutics uses high-resolution microscopes that view cell activity in real time, with an eye to using that data to accelerate drug discovery.

This Startup Raised $45 Million To Build A Community Health Worker Brigade For Medicaid

With Waymark Health, cofounders Rajaie Batniji and Sanjay Basu are banking that a combination of software and community-based care can help revolutionize the $600 billion Medicaid market and improve patients’ health.

Even After Covid, Could Congress Ignore The Long-Term Care Needs Of Older Adults?

Is it possible that Congress will do nothing to improve long-term services and supports for older adults and younger people with disabilities or assist their families? Even after 603,000 people over age 65 were killed by Covid-19 in the past two years.

Next Billion-Dollar Startups: How Viz.ai Helps Hospitals Treat Stroke Patients Earlier (Video)

When a stroke patient arrives at the ER every minute counts. Viz.ai uses artificial intelligence to treat patients earlier.

When Can We Stop Masking Against Covid-19? Not Anytime Soon.

Infectious disease expert Dr. Mark Kortepeter explains the importance of wearing masks, even as the pandemic drags on, and the future signs to look for that indicate when we might be able to stop wearing them.

InnovationRx: 13.6 Million Obamacare Sign-Ups; Plus, FDA Authorizes Pfizer’s Covid Pill

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