CDC panel overturns 1991 newborn vaccine policy, triggering warnings of a public health backslide
Taylor Hatmaker / fastcompany - A powerful advisory group within the CDC voted Friday to overturn a longstanding precaution designed to protect newborn babies.If the change is approved by the acting director of the agency, the government will no longer universally recommend the hepatiti…
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Gosta Labs Raises €7.5M To Scale AI Platform For Oncology
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Helsinki-based healthtech company Gosta Labs has raised a €7.5 million seed round to scale its AI operating system for complex medical specialties. The round was led by Voima Ventures, with participation from COR Group, the Aho family, and both existing a…
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voize lands $50M to bring AI where it’s needed most: the nursing frontline
Cate Lawrence / tech - Nursing care company voize has raised $50 million in Series A funding led by Balderton Capital, with participation from existing investors HV Capital, Redalpine and Y Combinator. The global nursing ...
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Apple Hit With $634 Million Verdict in Apple Watch Blood Oxygen Patent Lawsuit
Eric Slivka / macrumors - A U.S. federal jury has ruled that Apple owes medical technology company Masimo $634 million for patent infringement related to the blood oxygen-sensing technology in the Apple Watch, reports Reuters. Apple will appeal the verdict."We are pleased by this …
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Apple Fitness+ future uncertain amid internal shake-up
Asma Hussain / ithinkdiff - Apple is quietly reevaluating the future of its Fitness+ subscription service. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the company has put the platform “under review” as part of a broader reorganization of its services division. Fitness+ has never quite hit…
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Fitbit’s overhauled app and AI health coach arrive today
Allison Johnson / theverge - Fitbit's new Gemini-powered health coach is debuting in preview today, as part of an entirely new app experience that was announced back in August. Premium subscribers in the US on Android will have access to it first as it starts rolling out today, with …
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Adaptam Therapeutics raises €3M to target tumour immune evasion
Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - Spanish biotech startup Adaptam Therapeutics has raised €3 million in a pre-seed financing round led by Criteria Bio…
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Rhazes AI Launches First-Ever Clinical AI Pilot In A Conflict Zone
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - UK-Qatar health tech startup Rhazes AI has launched a first-of-its-kind pilot at Al Hamshari Hospital in southern Lebanon, introducing advanced clinical AI tools into one of the region’s most resource-limited medical environments. The initiative is part o…
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Sweden’s Lithea Raises €851k To Develop Targeted Therapy For Childhood Bone Cancer
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Lund-based Lithea, a biotech company developing targeted cancer treatments that deliver drugs directly into tumours, has raised €851,000 from existing investors to advance its drug delivery system and prepare its lead candidate, LIT1001, for clinical tria…
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Novartis Agrees to Acquire Avidity Biosciences for $12 Billion
Dylan Tokar / wsj - The Swiss pharmaceutical company says the purchase would complement its existing pipeline of treatments for neuromuscle disorders.
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Kohler Launches $600 iPhone-Connected Toilet Camera That Monitors Your Health Through Waste Analysis
Juli Clover / macrumors - Kohler is expanding its line of bathroom products with Dekoda, an iPhone-connected device that's designed to be attached to a toilet rim (via The Verge). The device's included "sensors" point into the toilet bowl, allowing it to analyze what goes on in th…
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Oura launches redesigned app and ‘Cumulative Stress’ feature
Aisha Malik / techcrunch - The company also shared that it's pursuing FDA clearance for blood pressure features that give users a likelihood assessment of hypertension.
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Oura raises over $900M, valuing it at "approximately $11BN”
John Reynolds / tech - Oura, the Finnish health tech startup known for its popular smart rings, has raised over $900m in a new funding round, valuing the startup at “approximately $11bn”, it said.The funding round was led b...
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Apple Watch's High Blood Pressure Notifications Available in Canada Starting Today
Joe Rossignol / macrumors - Apple today announced that its Hypertension Notifications feature on select Apple Watch models is available in Canada starting today.The feature is available on Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, Series 11, Ultra 2, and Ultra 3 models running watchOS 26. It…
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Nobel Prize awarded to trio for immune tolerance research
Colin Ryan / siliconrepublic - The trio of new Nobel laureates were awarded the prize for their research on the immune system and how it tolerates our own tissues.Read more: Nobel Prize awarded to trio for immune tolerance research
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Oura Ring 4 gets new ceramic options and a charging case
Daniel Cooper / engadget - Oura’s fourth-generation smart ring has been on the market for around a year, but the company is still looking to broaden its appeal. Today, Oura is launching a version of the Ring 4 clad in Zirconia Ceramic, offering a combination of durability and eye-c…
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Bonkers CDC vaccine meeting ends with vote to keep COVID shot access
Beth Mole / arstechnica - A push to require prescriptions for every COVID shot failed in a split vote.
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Vaccine Panel Stacked by RFK Jr. Recommends Delaying MMRV Immunization
Emily Mullin / wired - The vaccine advisory group ACIP, not all members of which seemed to know what the group does, recommended to the CDC that combined MMRV shots not be given before age 4.
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Apple Explains How Hypertension Alerts Work on Apple Watch
Juli Clover / macrumors - With watchOS 26, the Apple Watch Series 9 and later and the Apple Watch Ultra 2 and later support Hypertension Notifications to give Apple Watch wearers a heads up when chronic high blood pressure is detected.Apple this week provided more insight into how…
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I Tested iOS 26 for 3 Months and Liquid Glass Isn't the Only Game-Changing Feature
Zachary McAuliffe / cnet - Review: Though Games and Visual Intelligence still need work, Apple's new OS hits most of the right notes.
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