Ngai Yeung

Hinge Health shares jumped 23% in its first day trading as a public company, setting the tone for digital health after a drought of IPOs in the sector.

PHTI report: Self-guided mental health programs and digital therapeutics like Headspace, DaylightRx save money, while virtual therapy from Lyra, Talkspace costs more

Seventeen health systems have signed up for a venture firm to help them vet which health tech companies to adopt and invest in, as more hospitals look towards a more concierge-style approach to navigating the digital health tools out there.

Virtual diabetes and chronic care startup Omada filed to go public on Friday, the second digital health company to do so this year as the sector shows signs of picking up after the pandemic.

Los Angeles-based health system Cedars-Sinai is partnering with venture studio Redesign Health to build health tech startups from scratch, among other initiatives.

Teladoc has bought virtual therapy startup UpLift to sell mental health treatment, including treatment from its direct-to-consumer mental health business BetterHelp, to more patients.

Noma Therapy, a virtual ketamine-assisted therapy provider, has launched with $4.25 million in funding, Endpoints News learned exclusively.

Launched in 2021, Basil Systems uses AI to help multinational companies like Johnson & Johnson, Bayer, 3M and Medtronic navigate regulations. It draws from over 600 million records.

Morgan Cheatham joins Breyer Capital as healthcare head, discusses AI virtual labs' potential in drug discovery.

Telenutrition platform Nourish has raised $70 million and reached profitability a little more than a year after its last raise as food as medicine startups get a boost under a Trump administration.

UnitedHealth Group reported disappointing first-quarter earnings and cut its financial guidance, hit by high costs in its Medicare Advantage business.

Study shows Dartmouth's Therabot AI chatbot reduced anxiety, depression symptoms in 210-person trial, with users reporting connection similar to human therapists.

Health tech stocks including Hims, Teladoc, Amwell & GoodRx drop >5% amid market volatility from Trump tariffs. Hinge Health reportedly delays IPO plans as sector faces uncertainty.

Daymark Health launches with $11.5M from investors including Maverick Ventures and Yosemite to provide comprehensive care support services for cancer patients outside clinics.

Talkspace is using AI to make mini podcast episodes from patients’ therapy sessions. The “Talkcast” episodes are meant to be a more interactive way of assigning patients homework to do after each session to apply what they’ve learned, and fits in its broader strategy to use AI to help therapists do their job better.

Peterson Health study: AI scribes reduce burnout but show mixed results on time savings and financial returns. Study included Abridge, Nabla, Commure & Microsoft.

Google showcased tools like an AI co-scientist to help researchers sort through research and propose testable hypotheses, and TxGemma, a suite of AI models to help researchers with drug discovery. . By using AI to help out with brainstorming rather than just executing tasks, the applications encourage a lot more collaboration between humans and AI than some of the ones Google presented last year.

Kurt Knight, former Amwell exec, named CEO of nutrition telehealth company Foodsmart. Company raised $200M from TPG, serves 2.2M+ members via Medicaid, Medicare & commercial plans.

New York-based health tech community called Pepper hosts casual and professional events, bringing together nearly 1,000 members for networking and socializing in Manhattan.

Virtual physical therapy startup Hinge Health on Monday filed to go public, snapping a dry spell of digital health IPOs.