Flok Health raises $12.5M to scale an AI physiotherapist the NHS lets work unsupervised
Flok Health raises $12.5M to scale an AI physiotherapist the NHS lets work unsupervised

The Cambridge clinic has regulatory approval to triage, treat and discharge patients without a human in the loop. Now it wants to do the same for hip, knee and pelvic-health conditions. The unusual thing about Flok Health is not that an AI runs a physi…

Google wants to release 64 million lab-bred mosquitoes in Florida and California to fight dengue and Zika
Google wants to release 64 million lab-bred mosquitoes in Florida and California to fight dengue and Zika

Verily, the health and life sciences subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet, has asked the US Environmental Protection Agency for permission to release up to 64 million lab-bred mosquitoes across Florida and California over two years. The proposal, submi…

Google wants to release 64 million lab-bred mosquitoes in Florida and California to fight dengue and Zika
Google wants to release 64 million lab-bred mosquitoes in Florida and California to fight dengue and Zika

Verily, the health and life sciences subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet, has asked the US Environmental Protection Agency for permission to release up to 64 million lab-bred mosquitoes across Florida and California over two years. The proposal, submi…

Akeso’s lung cancer drug reduces death risk by 34%, marking the first Chinese drug at ASCO’s top stage in 61 years
Akeso’s lung cancer drug reduces death risk by 34%, marking the first Chinese drug at ASCO’s top stage in 61 years

Akeso, the Chinese biotechnology company whose drug ivonescimab was dubbed “biotech’s DeepSeek moment” last year, has reported phase three clinical trial results showing a 34% reduction in the risk of death for patients with advanced squamous non-small…

HeartFocus Link adds AI cardiac imaging to any hospital ultrasound machine with a tablet and an HDMI cable
HeartFocus Link adds AI cardiac imaging to any hospital ultrasound machine with a tablet and an HDMI cable

HeartFocus, the AI-powered cardiac imaging software developed by French medtech company DESKi, has launched HeartFocus Link, a product that connects a tablet to any cart-based ultrasound system through a simple HDMI setup. The tablet runs HeartFocus’s …

Oura’s Ring 5 is 40% smaller than its predecessor, and it arrives three days before a likely IPO filing
Oura’s Ring 5 is 40% smaller than its predecessor, and it arrives three days before a likely IPO filing

Oura has launched the Ring 5, a smart ring that is 40% smaller than its predecessor and, at 6.09mm wide and 2.29mm thick, is the smallest smart ring on the market. The ring weighs as little as 2 grams depending on size, down from the Ring 4’s 7.99mm wi…

Why healthcare’s AI future requires patient leadership
Why healthcare’s AI future requires patient leadership

Artificial intelligence is entering healthcare at a pace that, according to Donna R. Cryer, risks outpacing the governance structures needed to support it responsibly. Cryer believes hospitals, payers, pharmaceutical companies, and digital health organ…

Paris preventive-health startup Lucis raises $20M Series A four months after seed
Paris preventive-health startup Lucis raises $20M Series A four months after seed

Paris-based Lucis, a preventive-health platform that pairs blood biomarker testing with an AI-driven companion app, has raised a $20m Series A led by Singular, with participation from General Catalyst, Y Combinator and angel investors including Céline …

The Apple Watch is 11 years old and losing momentum. Screenless rivals are winning the next phase.
The Apple Watch is 11 years old and losing momentum. Screenless rivals are winning the next phase.

The Apple Watch generated an estimated $100 billion in lifetime sales and transformed the smartwatch market. Eleven years after launch, innovation has slowed and the lineup is losing momentum. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple risks falling be…

Inside the quiet reinvention of the clinical judgment call
Inside the quiet reinvention of the clinical judgment call

Neurovascular care remains one of the more complex and uncertain areas of modern medicine. Millions of people live with conditions such as intracranial aneurysms without symptoms, yet when an event occurs, the consequences are often catastrophic, carry…