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Cityblock Health’s latest funding helped it score a billion dollar valuation, propelling it to unicorn status

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…

Finally!

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…

Swiss hospitals implore health minister to tighten coronavirus restrictions – Reuters

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,…

Mexico approves emergency use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine – Reuters India

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…