Category: healthcare

Don’t Let Anyone Tell You Severe Depression Is Normal For Seniors. It Isn’t, And You Can Get Help

Each time, the physician responds by saying depression is normal for seniors. That response is wrong.

Cancer Vaccine Trials—Using Same mRNA Tech Behind Covid Shots—Could Launch In U.K. This September

Trials of cutting-edge cancer vaccines could kick off in the U.K. as soon as September, German Covid vaccine maker BioNTech announced on Friday.

Cancer Vaccine Trials—Using Same mRNA Tech Behind Covid Shots—Could Launch In U.K. This September

BioNTech, which worked with Pfizer to build an mRNA Covid vaccine, has partnered with the U.K. to turn the technology towards cancer and plans to treat 10,000 people by 2030.

Cancer Drug Supplier’s IPO Mints China’s Latest Billionaire

China and the U.S. rank No. 1 and No. 2 in the number of cancer patients and overall cancer burden.

You Can Now Control A Wheelchair With Your Brain Waves Alone

A completely non-invasive technology allows people to control a wheelchair simply by using their minds and a cap that decodes their brain waves.

Walgreens Has 200 VillageMD Clinics Attached To Stores As Doctor Network Takes Off

Walgreens-backed doctor clinic operator VillageMD now has a network over more than 680 locations across the U.S. including 200 adjacent to the pharmacy chain’s U.S. drugstores.

Herself Health Raises $7 Million In Funding, Aims To Transform Advanced Primary Care For Women 65+

Herself Health, a new healthcare technology company designed to deliver advanced primary care to women over 65, announced today its first clinic opening and closing of a $7 million seed round funding round led by founding partner Juxtapose.

Drug Manufacturing Has One Huge Flaw. This Synthetic Biology Startup Just Raised $200 Million To Fix It.

What’s the holy grail of biology? This startup says it’s engineerable cells, and with $200million of new funding for their CAD platform to program genetic circuits, the manufacture of biological therapeutics is set to radically change. Read how:

Crescendo Health’s Funding Signals Growing Momentum For The Role Platforms Can Play In Clinical Trials Innovation

Increasing access to clinical trials – for both patients as well as research sites – is critical as issues like clinical trial diversity, health equity and acceptance of RWD become more highly visible and important.

Crescendo Health aims to do that by…

The Ignorance Of Senators Regarding Vaccine Pricing

Federal funding for providing Covid-19 vaccines to Americans will end this month and, as a result, most people will pay for their Covid-19 vaccines shots as they do their flu shots via their health insurance.