This latest watchOS 7.2 update, however, can also tell you what your cardio fitness is at the low levels, without the need for exercise. According to Apple, the Watch will use multiple sensors such as the optical heart sensor, GPS and the accelerometer to estimate lower levels of cardio fitness…
Cityblock Health earned its stripes as a health-tech unicorn after raising $160 million in a Series C funding round. The pandemic put a spotlight on the health disparities that exist across the nation. Insider Intelligence For context, the startup provides virtual care and community health support services that address social determinants…
LiveUpdated Dec. 14, 2020, 5:46 a.m. ET Dec. 14, 2020, 5:46 a.m. ET The first shots are generally being reserved for high-risk health care workers. Hospitals in all 50 states are scrambling to prepare as the first doses are expected to be given on Monday. Heres what you need to know:…
Manitoba public health officials reported 273 new cases of COVID-19 and seven deaths on Sunday. The total number of lab-confirmed cases in the provinces is now 21,023. Those reported dead Sunday include: a female in her 70s from the Interlake-Eastern health region, linked to the Kin Place outbreak in Oakbank; a…
The first shipments of the covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech are reportedly en route to distribution centers nationwide. The first of nearly 3 million doses are expected to be doled out to health care workers and nursing homes within the coming week now that the vaccine has the final…
By Reuters Staff ZURICH (Reuters) – The directors of five of Switzerlands largest hospitals have written to the health minister asking for urgent measures to reduce coronavirus infections, the SonntagsZeitung newspaper reported on Sunday. In their letter to Health Minister Alain Berset, the directors of the university hospitals of Zurich,…
By Reuters Staff SHANGHAI, Dec 12 (Reuters) – China reported 13 new coronavirus cases in the mainland for Dec. 11, down from 15 cases a day earlier, the health commission said on Saturday. All of the new cases were imported infections originating from abroad, according to a statement by the…
By Reuters Staff MEXICO CITY, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Mexican health regulator Cofepris has approved the emergency use of Pfizers COVID-19 vaccine, deputy health minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said on Friday. Mexico has registered 12,253 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 693 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country…