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Innovaccer launches AI brokers for docs, hospitals to repair burnout
Innovaccer CEO Abhinav Shashank. Courtesy: Innovaccer As doctors and nurses face historic rates of burnout, Innovacer says artificial intelligence is here to help. The health-care data company on Monday announced a suite of AI agents that are designed to automate repetitive, “low-value” tasks for clinicians. “We just don’t have enough capacity in the health system to…
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Neuralink competitor Paradromics companions with Saudi Arabia’s Neom
Paradromics’ Connexus Brain-Computer Interface. Courtesy: Paradromics Texas-based neurotech startup Paradromics on Wednesday announced a strategic partnership with Saudi Arabia’s Neom and said it will establish a Brain-Computer Interface Center of Excellence in the region. Neom is a developing area within northwest Saudi Arabia that’s touted as “a hub for innovation,” according to its website. The…
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Hims & Hers faces lawmaker scrutiny over ‘deceptive’ Tremendous Bowl advert
Hims & Hers is facing scrutiny from lawmakers over an advertisement for its weight loss offerings that’s slated to run during the Super Bowl on Sunday. Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Roger Marshall, R-Kan., wrote a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday expressing concerns over an “upcoming advertisement” that “risks misleading…
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Reid Hoffman launches Manas AI, a brand new drug discovery startup
Reid Hoffman, Partner at Greylock and co-founder LinkedIn, speaks during the WSJ Tech Live conference hosted by the Wall Street Journal at the Montage Laguna Beach in Laguna Beach, California, on October 21, 2024. Frederic J. Brown | Afp | Getty Images LinkedIn co-founder and venture capitalist Reid Hoffman became a billionaire from his business…
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RFK Jr. Senate affirmation listening to highlights
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s controversial pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, testified Wednesday before a crucial Senate panel, where he faced questions about past vaccine skepticism, his evolving views on abortion and grasp on sprawling federal health programs. Kennedy, 71, appeared first before the Senate Committee on Finance,…
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UnitedHealthcare names Tim Noel new CEO after Brian Thompson killing
UnitedHealthcare signage is displayed on an office building in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 19, 2023. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images UnitedHealthcare on Thursday tapped company veteran Tim Noel as its new CEO following the targeted killing of its former top executive, Brian Thompson, in Manhattan in December. Noel was the head of…
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GLP-1s, Brian Thomson killing loom giant at JPM Well being
Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., at the Institute of International Finance (IIF) during the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. Kent Nishimura | Bloomberg | Getty Images San Francisco, famed for its abundance of hoodie-clad tech workers, was overrun…
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Eli Lilly LLY cuts 2024 income outlook on weight reduction medicine
The Eli Lilly & Co. logo at the company’s Digital Health Innovation Hub facility in Singapore, on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. Ore Huiying | Bloomberg | Getty Images Eli Lilly cut its revenue guidance on Tuesday as it said demand for its weight loss and diabetes drugs would not meet its lofty expectations. The drugmaker’s…
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Excessive-cost weight reduction medication enhance vitamin counseling with employers
Packages of weight loss drugs Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro. Picture Alliance | Getty Images A few years ago, when Virta Health founder and CEO Sami Inkinen approached employers about leveraging the company’s nutrition-oriented digital diabetes program for obesity-related weight loss, most companies weren’t ready to commit. Now, more employers are all in on nutritional counseling…
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Surgeon basic points new advisory
A customer drinks a glass of beer at the Saxton Pub in Austin, Texas, April 5, 2023. Brandon Bell | Getty Images The U.S. surgeon general issued a new advisory warning Friday about the link between alcohol consumption and increased cancer risk, and pushed for policy changes to help reduce the number of alcohol-related cancers.…
