Justice is finally served. Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for fraud, putting an end to the three-year case and the extraordinary downfall of a one-time Silicon Valley darling. U.S. District Judge Edward Davila delivered […]
Early this month, Elon Musk introduced the $8/month blue checkmark subscription verification service. The service allows anyone who paid for a “blue check” to be verified. Calling it “Power to the people,” Musk said at the time of launch that “Twitter’s current lords […]
Moderna CEO Stephane Bance announced today that his company has a program that now involves injecting messenger RNA (mRNA) into people’s hearts following a heart attack. In a recent interview with Sky News, Bancel said: “We are now in a super exciting program […]
We’ve been told to get vaccinated so we don’t spread the virus to others. It now appears that the mRNA vaccine was never tested to prevent or stop the transmission of the deadly virus. In what’s being described as an “international […]
It’s been over two years since the pandemic started and billions of mRNA vaccines have been administered to people around the world. At the time, the mRNA vaccine was considered a game-changer in medicine with the potential to cure covid. […]
The mental health pandemic is a serious issue affecting millions of Americans. Sadly, the pandemic is not limited to the United States. According to the latest UN data, nearly one billion people worldwide suffer from some form of mental disorder. Fewer […]
One of the lessons learned from the pandemic is how research institutions, governments, and pharmaceutical companies worked together to quickly develop vaccines to cure the deadly coronavirus. The pandemic is a reminder of the need to accelerate clinical drug development. Currently, […]
In February, The Journal of the College of American Pathologists released a terrifying report on cases of two teenage boys who died following mRNA Covid vaccines. Both boys died in their sleep less than a week after the second dose of the […]
The mental health pandemic is a serious issue affecting millions of Americans. Sadly, fewer than half the people who experience mental health depression get treated for it because of the stigma associated with it. The good news is that things […]
In July, we wrote about Amazon after the retail giant acquired primary health care provider One Medical for about $3.9 billion in cash as part of its plans to make inroads into the $3 trillion healthcare industry. Just a month later, […]
Other than skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer among American men, according to The American Cancer Society’s estimates for prostate cancer in the United States for 2022. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among […]
TikTok parent-company ByteDance’s healthcare unit in China, Xiaohe Health, has acquired a high-end private hospital chain called Amcare Healthcare in a deal worth $1.5 billion, according to a report from Bloomberg. A spokesperson for Xiaohe Health also confirmed the acquisition. The announcement is […]
With billions of dollars from the covid vaccine windfall, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is reportedly in late-stage negotiations to buy the drug maker Global Blood Therapeutics (GBT) for $5 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The acquisition is part of Pfizer’s effort […]
Two years ago, retail giant Amazon entered the pharmacy business with the launch of Amazon Pharmacy to enable customers to order prescriptions online. Now, the retail giant is making inroads into the $3 trillion healthcare industry. Today, Amazon said it will […]
Employees’ wellness is one of the major challenges facing most companies today. More than 90 percent of business leaders say that promoting wellness can affect employee productivity and performance, according to survey results from the nonprofit Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO). Now, […]
Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are two of the most underrated technologies with a lot of potential ranging from their application in education and learning to medicine. It is estimated that 32% of companies would incorporate this technology to […]
May is a mental health awareness month, a month to educate the public, remove the stigma, and support people with mental illness and their families. We’ve been writing about mental health startups in recent years to raise awareness of the mental health […]
What started out as a conspiracy theory and science fiction a few years ago became a reality in April 2021 after Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) revealed it has developed an implantable microchip that the agency said would continuously […]
Crypto.com is one of the tech companies making a big impact in the world. Late last year, the world’s fastest-growing cryptocurrency platform donated $1 million to support water.org’s mission of ending the global water crisis. Today, Crypto.com announced the company has committed […]
Bill Gates has just announced that he has covid-19. In a Twitter post this evening, Microsoft’s co-founder said that he has been tested positive for COVID. He also added that he’s experiencing mild symptoms and following experts’ advice. “I’ve tested […]
