Hims to buy Australia’s Eucalyptus for $240M upfront in global push / Endpoints
Ngai Yeung / endpoints - In a bid to build out its global presence, Hims is buying Australian digital health company Eucalyptus in a deal worth $240 million upfront. The deal announced Thursday morning would allow Hims to launch in ...
#healthcare #mergersandacquisitions #corporatetakeover #digitalhealth
Saturday, February 21, 2026, 1:23 am / permalink 19510 / 5 stories in 23 days
Mississippi hospital system closes all clinics after ransomware attack / ABC News
abcnews - A ransomware attack has forced the University of Mississippi Medical Center to close clinics and cancel elective procedures for a second day
#healthcare #publichealth #digitalhealth
Saturday, February 21, 2026, 12:23 am / permalink 19501 / 4 stories in 23 days
Can medical AI lie? Large study maps how LLMs handle health misinformation / Medical Express
medicalxpress - Medical artificial intelligence (AI) is often described as a way to make patient care safer by helping clinicians manage information. A new study by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and collaborators confronts a critical vulnerability: when a m…
#healthcare #publichealth #governmentpolicy #fda #digitalhealth #medicaldevices
Saturday, February 14, 2026, 3:21 pm / permalink 19202 / 35 stories in 4 wks
Physicians push back on Alabama robotic ultrasound proposal / Beckers
Mariah Taylor / beckershospitalreview - Alabama’s proposal to use robotic ultrasounds to close care gaps is being praised by national leaders but facing pushback from local physicians, KFF Health News reported Feb. 12. Alabama is facing above national average rates for infant mortality on top o…
#healthcare #publichealth #governmentpolicy #infanthealth #digitalhealth #medicaldevices
Saturday, February 14, 2026, 2:21 pm / permalink 19199 / 8 stories in 4 wks
Lilly appeals retatrutide classification ruling in case that could impact compounders / Endpoints
Alexis Kramer / endpoints - Eli Lilly is challenging a decision over how the FDA classified its experimental, next-gen obesity shot, in a case that could affect the ability of compounders to rival it. On Thursday, Lilly filed a notice ...
#obesity #healthcare #pharmaceuticals #elililly #weightloss #publichealth #drugdevelopment #fda #digitalhealth
Saturday, February 14, 2026, 12:21 pm / permalink 19191 / 15 stories in 4 wks
New FDA-Approved Device Uses Electric Fields to Treat Pancreatic Cancer / Discover
discovermagazine - Learn more about the newly approved wearable treatment that disrupts pancreatic cancer tumor growth while letting patients continue daily life at home.
#healthcare #publichealth #biotech #fda #digitalhealth #medicaldevices #oncology #pancreaticcancer
Saturday, February 14, 2026, 10:21 am / permalink 19187 / 12 stories in 4 wks
Solace Health Reaches Unicorn Status by Taking the ‘Homework’ Out of Care Navigation / MedCity
Katie Adams / medcitynews - Health advocate network Solace Health gained unicorn status after closing a $130 million Series C funding round. The startup’s advocates help with tasks like scheduling appointments, finding in-network providers, understanding insurance coverage and bills…
Saturday, February 14, 2026, 12:22 am / permalink 19172 / 2 stories in 4 wks
Talkiatry Rakes In $210M to Scale Virtual Psychiatry Group / MedCity
Katie Adams / medcitynews - Telepsychiatry provider Talkiatry has raised a $210 million Series D round led by Perceptive Advisors, bringing its total funding to more than $400 million. CEO Robert Krayn said the company is focused on scaling its clinician-employed model and improving…
#healthcare #publichealth #digitalhealth
Saturday, February 14, 2026, 12:22 am / permalink 19170 / 3 stories in 4 wks
500M records exchanged through TEFCA, federal health IT office boasts / Fierce
fiercehealthcare - At the 2026 Annual Meeting for the health IT office at HHS, officials announced a massive spike in the number of health records shared through the government-backed TEFCA initiative. The number seems to reflect the heavy focus Trump's HHS has put on digit…
#healthcare #publichealth #governmentpolicy #digitalhealth
Friday, February 13, 2026, 12:22 pm / permalink 19136 / 4 stories in 4 wks
AI model reads brain MRIs in seconds, hitting up to 97.5% accuracy / Medical Express
medicalxpress - An AI-powered model developed at the University of Michigan can read a brain MRI and diagnose a person in seconds, a study suggests. The model detected neurological conditions with up to 97.5% accuracy and predicted how urgently a patient required treatme…
#healthcare #publichealth #digitalhealth
Saturday, February 7, 2026, 3:21 am / permalink 18872 / 6 stories in 5 wks
Epic rolls out AI Charting tool / Beckers
Naomi Diaz / beckershospitalreview - Epic has rolled out AI Charting, a built-in tool that listens during patient visits and drafts clinicians’ notes and suggested orders in real time. The feature is part of Epic’s expanding set of AI capabilities built directly into its software, according …
Saturday, February 7, 2026, 12:23 am / permalink 18869 / 12 stories in 5 wks
Novo Nordisk vows legal action to protect Wegovy pill / Medical Express
medicalxpress - Novo Nordisk said Thursday it would take legal action against a US chain offering a copycat of the new pill version of its Wegovy weight-loss drug.
#obesity #healthcare #pharmaceuticals #drugpricing #novonordisk #weightloss #drugdevelopment #digitalhealth
Thursday, February 5, 2026, 3:23 pm / permalink 18807 / 22 stories in 5 wks
Meditech founder and EHR innovator A. Neil Pappalardo dies at 83 / Fierce
fiercehealthcare - Pappalardo is considered a tech pioneer with a 56-year career that started when he founded electronic health record company Meditech in 1969, a company he steered to become one of the leading EHR companies.
#healthcare #publichealth #digitalhealth
Monday, February 2, 2026, 12:22 am / permalink 18647 / 2 stories in 6 wks
Epic & Providers Sue Health Gorilla Over Alleged Data Exploitation / MedCity
Katie Adams / medcitynews - Epic Systems and several healthcare providers have sued Health Gorilla and other companies, alleging they exploited interoperability networks to improperly access and monetize nearly 300,000 patient medical records without consent.The post Epic & Provider…
#healthcare #publichealth #governmentpolicy #digitalhealth
Monday, January 19, 2026, 3:21 am / permalink 18157 / 7 stories in 1 month
#JPM26: Day 3 at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference / Endpoints
ENDPOINTS / endpoints - It’s Wednesday at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, and as the sessions wind down, we’ll be keeping an eye on presentations from WuXi AppTec and AbbVie. Yesterday afternoon, our Executive Editor Drew Armstrong spoke with ...
#obesity #healthcare #pharmaceuticals #weightloss #biotech #drugdevelopment #digitalhealth
Saturday, January 17, 2026, 7:21 pm / permalink 18138 / 28 stories in 1 month
#JPM26: Day 1 at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference / Endpoints
ENDPOINTS / endpoints - It’s day 1 at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, and the mood heading into the week is one of cautious optimism. Biotech fundraising was off to a hot start in 2026. There ...
#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #biotech #digitalhealth
Saturday, January 17, 2026, 8:21 am / permalink 18125 / 9 stories in 1 month