Zuck declares death to all diseases
Reiterating his enthusiasm for healthcare, Zuck declared his desire to cure all diseases in the next 84 years. Stay tuned for how that will shake out. Apple upped the ante of health apps with the release of CareKit and New Scientist uncovered the full depth of access to NHS patient data granted to Google as part of the DeepMind project.
The FDA sent everyone’s favorite ingestible sensor pill back to the drawing board, and caught flak from Public Citizen for a veil of secrecy surrounding its expert panel members.
Headlines
Zuckerberg: I Want To Cure All Diseases This Century
Tweet | CNBC
New Medicaid Rule Carves Out A Place For Telemedicine In Care Networks
Tweet | MobiHealthNews
The Doctor Who Wants You To Be A Research Parasite
Tweet | OZY
Nokia To Buy French Health Gadget Maker Withings For $191M
Tweet | Ars Technica
Bodyhackers Are All Around You. They’re Called Women
Tweet | Fusion
Don’t Blame Silicon Valley For Theranos
Tweet | The New York Times
A DNA Sequencer In Every Pocket
Tweet | The Atlantic
Rock Health in the News
Apple Ups Its Health Game With Release Of First CareKit Apps (Iodine)
Tweet | The Verge
South Dakota Organization Leverages Data, Technology To Solve Addiction (Welkin)
Tweet | Forbes
Beam Expands Into Dental Insurance, Launches In California
Tweet | MobiHealthNews
Funding
| Company | Amt | Investors | Source |
| Jet Health | $16.7M | SV Life Sciences, Health Enterprise Partners | Silicon Valley Business Journal |
| Naya Health | $3.9M | Tandem Capital, S-Cubed Capital, NewGen Partners, Astia Angels, StartX | MobiHealthNews |
| BioBeats | $2.3M | White Cloud Capital, AXA Strategic Ventures, IQ Capital | MedCity News |
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