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Following in the footsteps of Oscar and Clover, Sami has raised $16.8M to date

The company aims to expand on third-party thermometers that can be used with its FDA cleared birth control app.

Singapore-headquartered telehealth startup Doctor Anywhere announced it has launched an online mental health video consultation service.

The interactive tool tackles prostate cancer symptoms, screening and treatment. Providers can use it during a clinical encounter to facilitate conversation.

The tool is able to capture data from remote monitoring wearables and to link patients with virtual care providers.

With the closing of this funding round, Whisper has raised a total of $53 million in funding.

The move follows an agreement that allows the company to provide its digital health services to one of the UK's Big Four retail banks.

Healthcare providers face mounting pressure to reduce clinician burnout, improve efficiency and increase patient satisfaction. To achieve this, they need easy access to data that can be aggregated, consolidated and provide insight into clinical and operational decisions.

The aim is to use the technology to track daily patient data and “plan interventional strategies in real-time to avoid complications of the disease,” the centre said.

Gearbox Studios CEO Randy Pitchford and videogame science company MMOS cofounder Attila Szantner discuss the design and deployment decisions that drew 1.6 million players to their gene sequencing alignment puzzle game, and how "citizen science" games can help advance data-driven research.