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London’s HealthTech startup Peppy raises $45M in Series B funding to expand into the US market
Nickie Louise Posted On January 11, 2023


When it comes to healthcare, attention is mostly focused on treatments for major diseases such as cancer and heart issues. However, everyday health needs like going through menopause or being diagnosed with endometriosis or PCOS, are underserved. That’s why London-based HealthTech […]


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LeanTaaS becomes the first HealthTech unicorn of 2023 following the acquisition of Hospital IQ
Daniel Levi Posted On January 10, 2023


With healthcare reform, an aging population, and an increasing number of new cancer diagnoses each year, the demand for healthcare services continues to rise. At the same time, pressure from payers to improve efficiency means that providers cannot increase capacity […]


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Elon Musk says Neuralink’s brain chip to begin human trials in 6 months
Nickie Louise Posted On December 1, 2022


Elon Musk is known to work at least 16 hours a day. While working tirelessly to revamp Twitter after acquiring the social giant for $4 billion in October, that has not kept him from working on his other projects including […]


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Twitter stops enforcing Covid-19 misinformation policy
Daniel Levi Posted On November 29, 2022


On March 30, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said: “Our data from the CDC today suggest that vaccinated people do not carry the virus.” A few days later, Dr. Walensky  walks back her […]


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“Vaccinated people now make up a majority of covid deaths,” Washington Post reports
Daniel Levi Posted On November 24, 2022


Just last year, President Joe Biden said that unvaccinated Americans faced a winter of “severe illness and death.” He added that the unvaccinated would soon “overwhelm” hospitals. Unfortunately, that didn’t age well and now the data is out and it’s not […]


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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for fraud
Nickie Louise Posted On November 18, 2022


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 […]


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Verified fake Twitter account with $8 blue check caused Eli Lilly and other pharmas to lose billions: “Insulin is free”
Daniel Levi Posted On November 11, 2022


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 […]


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Moderna CEO confirms new mRNA ‘injection’ to repair heart muscles after heart attack
Daniel Levi Posted On October 14, 2022


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 […]


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Pfizer executive admits that mRNA vaccine was never tested on preventing transmission
Daniel Levi Posted On October 12, 2022


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 […]


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Pfizer CEO explains the decision to go with mRNA: “mRNA was a technology that never delivered a single product until that day… It was most counterintuitive to go the mRNA route,” Albert Bourla says
Daniel Levi Posted On September 6, 2022


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. […]


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Thalamos gets $1M to digitize the Mental Health Act and reduce access to treatment time from 7 days to 15 hours
Nickie Louise Posted On September 1, 2022


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 […]


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Life sciences startup Power emerges from stealth with $7M in funding to improve access to clinical trial studies
Daniel Levi Posted On August 30, 2022


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, […]


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A large study of 43 million people found that men under the age of 40 have “A HIGHER RISK of myocarditis” after taking the mRNA vaccines
Daniel Levi Posted On August 29, 2022


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 […]


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Mental health startup Alma raises $130M led by Thoma Bravo to expand its platform and simplify access to therapy
Daniel Levi Posted On August 26, 2022


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 […]


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Amazon is shutting down Amazon Care, its telehealth service launched just three years ago
Daniel Levi Posted On August 25, 2022


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, […]


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AI HealthTech startup Avenda Health lands $10 million Series B to advance prostate cancer treatment
Nickie Louise Posted On August 25, 2022


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 […]


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TikTok parent ByteDance acquires Amcare Healthcare for $1.5 billion to make inroads into China’s $1 trillion healthcare market
Daniel Levi Posted On August 10, 2022


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 […]


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Pfizer in talks to buy sickle cell drug maker Global Blood Therapeutics for $5 billion, report
Nickie Louise Posted On August 5, 2022


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 […]


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Amazon to acquire primary health care provider One Medical for about $3.9 billion in cash
Nickie Louise Posted On July 21, 2022


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 […]


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Wellness tech startup TaskHuman bags $20M Series B funding to provide real-time digital coaching
Nickie Louise Posted On June 30, 2022


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, […]


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