The interesting thing is how far Loon got before Alphabet pulled the plug. When Teller first heard the idea, he says, he gave it about a one or two percent chance of succeeding. By the time of its launch in 2013which I traveled to New Zealand to attend, following some…

The average American pet owner spends hundreds of dollars on pet medical expenses every year. If youre one of them, you might be wondering if your veterinary bills are covered by your flexible spending account (FSA) or your health savings account (HSA). The short answer is nobut there are a…

Mariam Zakhary, an assistant professor in Mount Sinai Hospitals department of rehabilitation medicine, remembers what 7 pm sounded like in Manhattan last April: residents clapping and cheering for frontline health care workers as they ended their shifts. Its 2021the celebrations have mostly stopped, Covid-19 cases are rising, and our medical…

Joe, from Glasgow, has been an avid gamer all his life, but it wasn’t until he experienced a traumatic incident in his 20s that he learnt video games can be used for more than just having fun. Watch the full documentary: Gaming and Me: Connections, Identity and Support on BBC…

image copyrightGemma Correll Comics are not just about superheroes. Emily Oomen meets the artists shaping graphic medicine – a genre focused on the experience of living with illness. Ellen Forney was in her twenties and working as a professional cartoonist when she stumbled into the world of graphic medicine. The…

President-elect Joe Biden announced his nomination of Dr. Rachel Levine for U.S. assistant secretary of health Tuesday morning. Levin would be the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate which has just begun confirmation hearings for Biden’s cabinet choices according to the Biden-Harris transition team.…

Northzone‘s new partner Wendy Xiao Schadeck isn’t new to the firm she actually joined back in 2015. Before entering the venture world, Schadeck co-founded co-working and childcare startup CoHatchery. And as a Northzone principal, she’s already been involved in the firm’s investments in Spring Health (mental health), 3box (cloud infrastructure),…

Portland, Oregon-based Conversa Health, a virtual care and communication platform that helps health organizations stay in touch with their patients and customers, today announced that it has expanded its Series B funding round from $12 million to $20 million. The round is still co-led by Builders VC and Northwell Health’s…

K Health, the virtual health care provider that uses machine learning to lower the cost of care by providing the bulk of the company’s health assessments, is launching new tools for childcare on the heels of raising cash that values the company at $1.5 billion. The $132 million round raised…

French startup Alan is generating 100% of its revenue from health insurance products and that isnt going to change. But the company wants to start a conversation with a bigger use base. Alan is going to launch multiple mobile apps that let you learn more about health topics, contact a…