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By Jonah Comstock | 12:00 pm | September 19, 2014
iHealth Labs, the Mountain View, California-based subsidiary of China's Andon Health has raised $25 million, a strategic investment from Chinese investor Xiaomi Ventures.
By Jonah Comstock | 11:39 am | September 18, 2014
Verizon has teamed up with smartphone health monitoring startup Ginger.
By Brian Dolan | 11:21 am | September 18, 2014
Along with the official launch of the new iOS 8 operating system yesterday, a large number of health and medical app developers intended to launch apps that integrated with Apple's HealthKit platform.
By Aditi Pai | 11:03 am | September 18, 2014
Bain Capital's Chris Gordon One of the biggest barriers to innovation in healthcare is that, unlike other industries, there are several key stakeholders who must be addressed before a company can successfully bring their product to market, according to a recent panel at The Economist's Health Care Forum in Boston this week.
By Aditi Pai | 10:49 am | September 18, 2014
San Francisco-based Omada Health has received $950,000 from the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) and The Kresge Foundation to expand its prediabetes program, called Prevent, to low income populations in the US.
By Jonah Comstock | 09:31 am | September 18, 2014
Greenville, South Carolina-based ChartSpan has raised $1 million in seed funding in a round led by Byrne Medical's Don Byrne.
By Brian Dolan | 11:42 am | September 17, 2014
Dallas, Texas-based employee wellness company Viverae has acquired behavioral health company OneHealth for an undisclosed sum.
By Brian Dolan | 11:31 am | September 17, 2014
About a week ago Fitbit hired a lobbyist firm to represent its interests on the Hill, as the National Journal reported.
By Jonah Comstock | 10:37 am | September 17, 2014
A new pilot study from Stanford University shows that Google Glass can help surgeons monitor patients' vital signs more closely during surgery, potentially helping them to prevent more complications.