Healthcare Technologies

Total funding into Indian healthtech platforms plunges 55% in 2022

Total funding into healthtech companies in India plunged 55 per cent (year-on-year) to $1.4 billion last year, a report showed on Wednesday

Eyva: Smart non-invasive device to measure six body vitals without a prick

Can be used by four family members; provides 350,000 blood readings and counts; BlueSemi, which has developed the device, has taken a conscious decision not to enter cluttered wearables market

Facebook co-founder's VC firm B Capital closes health fund, commits $500 mn

Technological advancements in biology, artificial intelligence, and automation are transforming the healthcare industry, with business models seeing the convergence of traditional players in novel way

Covid still a global health emergency but nearing 'inflection' point: WHO

The coronavirus remains a global health emergency, the World Health Organization chief said Monday, after a key advisory panel found the pandemic may be nearing an inflexion point where higher levels of immunity can lower virus-related deaths. Speaking at the opening of WHO's annual executive board meeting, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there is no doubt that we're in a far better situation now than a year ago when the highly transmissible Omicron variant was at its peak. But Tedros warned that in the last eight weeks, at least 1,70,000 people have died around the world in connection with the coronavirus. He called for at-risk groups to be fully vaccinated, an increase in testing and early use of antivirals, an expansion of lab networks, and a fight against misinformation about the pandemic. "We remain hopeful that in the coming year, the world will transition to a new phase in which we reduce hospitalizations and deaths to the lowest possible level, he ...

Meta Quest introduces new feature to allow real-time heart rate tracking

Meta has introduced a new heart rate tracking feature and Health Connect by Android integration on Meta Quest, so that users can keep track of all their fitness statistics

Zuventus first in world to launch aviptadil for ARDS commercially

Discovered in 1970, the drug was tested on severe Covid-19 patients on DCGI's direction

Manipal Hospitals partners with Google Cloud to improve patient service

Healthcare company will use Google Cloud's technology for virtual care and other services

How artificial intelligence is making diagnosis faster and more accurate

It addresses the shortage of radiologists and pathologists and frees up doctors to deal with complex cases

Spike in fever cases: Dengue, malaria, swine flu take over from Covid-19

Some cities like Delhi and Mumbai are also witnessing cases of leptospirosis and gastroenteritis fevers

Online pharmacy platform Tata 1mg turns unicorn after raising $40 mn

Funding round was led by Tata Digital; Tata 1mg has become 105th unicorn in India

Drones in healthcare: Delivering vaccines to life-saving drugs sustainably

State governments, as well as e-commerce players, are taking initiatives to launch healthcare services through drones into remote areas

Ambulance operator MUrgency takes over Ziqitza Healthcare for $110 mn

MUrgency Global Services, the ambulance service provider backed by many investors, on Friday said it has bought Ziqitza Healthcare at an enterprise value of USD 110 million.

Technology can democratise healthcare delivery: Cardiologist Devi Shetty

Shetty noted that with digital aid, people from all strata of society and even from the remotest locations across the country can reach out to top physicians in the country for consultation

Future health depends on radical change in digital technologies: Report

Digital technologies are transforming all areas of life and health, a trend that has been accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, but the benefits of these advances are not reaching everyone equally.

Govt to support 75 startup innovations for healthcare challenges

Jitendra Singh on Tuesday launched a programme to identify 75 startup innovations in telemedicine, digital health, health with big data, artificial intelligence, blockchain and other technologies.

Data scientists developed an AI Device to support healthcare systems

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Glenmark arm, Emcure, 3 other pharma cos line up Rs 7,000-cr IPOs

The healthcare sector is in the limelight for the second consecutive year

Microsoft doubles down on cloud healthcare business with $16 bn Nuance buy

The deal comes after the companies partnered in 2019 to automate clinical administrative work such as documentation

Elon Musk-backed 'Neuralink' shows how monkey plays Pong with mind

Elon Musk-run brain-machine interface company Neuralink on Friday posted a YouTube video where a monkey can be seen playing a video game by navigating an on-screen cursor using his mind

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Myanmar health workers protest coup, stop work

UK's Covid hero dies at 100, study says Sinopharm jab works against South African strain, Europe's sluggish vaccination may prolong economic slump and other pandemic-related news across the globe