Moderna claims 94% efficacy for COVID-19 vaccine, will ask FDA for emergency use authorization today Drugmaker Moderna has completed its initial efficacy analysis of its COVID-19 vaccine from the drug’s Phase 3 clinical study, and determined that it was 94.1% effective in preventing people from contracting COVID-19 across 196 confirmed cases from […]

Apple brings Health Records to iPhone in the UK and Canada Apple has added support for the Health Records feature of its Health app on iPhones in two new markets – the UK and Canada. The electronic medical records feature originally debuted in the U.S. in 2018, and the company says that […]

I’m a software engineer at Uber and I’m voting against Prop 22 Kurt Nelson Contributor Share on Twitter Kurt Nelson is a mobile engineer at Uber based in San Francisco. These are his personal views. I’ve been a software engineer at Uber for two years, and I’ve also been a ride-hail driver. […]

Combining machine learning tools for medical imaging with genetic sequencing nets Sophia Genetics 0M SOPHiA GENETICS, the shoutily and poorly capitalized named startup that’s combining machine learning tools for medical imaging and genetic sequencing to come up with a more holistic view of diseases for better patient care, has raised $110 million […]

Investors give Baltimore’s Facet Wealth million to sell businesses on financial planning as a benefit Yesterday, Baltimore-based fintech company Facet Wealth said it raised $25 million in financing as it readies a new business line pitching financial planning as an employment benefit to businesses looking to recruit top talent. Employment benefit packages […]

Osso VR raises million to bring virtual reality to surgical and medical device training It seems that distance learning is even coming for the healthcare industry. As remote work becomes the order of the day in the COVID-19 era, any tool that can bring training and education services to folks across industries […]

Replace legacy healthcare staffing with a vertical marketplace for workers Jeff Fluhr Contributor Share on Twitter Jeff Fluhr is a general partner at Craft Ventures, the founder and former CEO of StubHub and is an expert on building marketplace companies. Over the last several months, we’ve seen dramatic swings in the demand […]

Homage announces strategic partnership with Infocom, one of Japan’s largest healthcare IT providers Homage, a Singapore-based caregiving and telehealth company, has taken a major step in its global expansion plan. The startup announced today that it has received strategic investment from Infocom, the Japanese information and communications technology company that runs one […]

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 leads 0 million Series C in digital therapeutics company Biofourmis Biofourmis, which combines AI-based data analytics and biosensors to monitor the progress of medical treatments, has raised funding from one of the world’s most high-profile investors. The digital therapeutics company, which launched in Singapore and is now headquartered […]