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SXSW cancels its 400K-person conference due to coronavirus
SXSW has officially announced it will cancel its tech and music conference slated for March 13th to 22nd in Austin,…
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Indonesian startup Newman’s uses online medicine to tackle sensitive health issues
An Indonesian startup called Newman’s is using telemedicine to help Indonesian patients get care for stigmatized health issues. Part of…
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Veteran healthcare VC Camille Samuels explains why trying to cure infectious disease is a lousy business
Camille Samuels has spent the last five years as a partner with the healthcare venture firm Venrock and a dozen…
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US Congress approves $8.3 billion in emergency funding for coronavirus response
Congress on Wednesday approved $8.3 billion in emergency funding to respond to the spreading novel coronavirus, COVID-19, which has already…
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WellSet is doing a limited launch in Los Angeles of its alternative medicine booking platform
Alternative and holistic healthcare seekers in the Los Angeles area have a new service they can turn to in WellSet,…
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Rebranding as Anagram, software for out-of-network billing for healthcare providers raises $9.1 million
As it rebrands from Patch to Anagram, the healthcare billing platform making it easier for providers to accept out-of-network patients has…
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New York’s Governor Cuomo requires insurers to waive cost sharing for COVID-19 tests
In a move that other states might want to emulate, New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo said that the…
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FDA allows new diagnostic technologies to test for coronavirus before receiving emergency approvals
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said today that it would allow new diagnostics technologies to be used to test…
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Facebook cancels F8 over coronavirus concerns
Coronavirus fears prompt even more event cancellations, controversial facial recognition software is being used widely and DocuSign acquires Seal Software.…
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