Population and Public Health

A systematic review of studies found digital interventions like wearables and apps weren’t effective in increasing physical activity for people in low socioeconomic status groups.

Twentyeight will now offer Spanish language support on its website, in customer services and in telehealth visits and messages with doctors in Texas and Florida.

Researchers found variables associated with the pupillary light reflex were linked to significant differences between patients who’d had concussion and those who hadn’t.

Led by Nour Nouf Ventures, the round will be dedicated to scaling, plus research and development efforts, the startup announced.

Unlike telehealth, digital health can shift the nature of healthcare from periodic visits to continuous support.

Also, telehealth firm ​​Visionflex has partnered with Syndeticom to deploy a new mobile telehealth product.

Also, Enovacom launches solution to centralise patient data in a single app.

The European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT) Health has announced the acquisition of one of its supported startups PhagoMed GmbH, by BioNTech SE, in a bid to find new and alternative solutions to antibiotics that are losing effectiveness.

Only 1.3% of images included in the public data set included patient ethnicity. 

Ellume began recalling the tests last month for giving false positive results.