Queensland public hospitals at “crisis point” will be given an extra $ 100 million from the Palaszczuk government to solve ambulance ramping and an undersupply of beds. Health Minister Yvette D’Ath revealed the new funding on Tuesday morning, which she said will initially create 65 new beds at busy facilities in Ipswich, West Moreton and… Read More »
A bride and groom in the United States have opened up about the “scary” experience of having their wedding turn into a superspreader event, warning other couples to think twice about getting hitched during a pandemic. Mikayla and Anthony Bishop were among the 32 people at their wedding who ended up infected with coronavirus, with… Read More »
Health in 2 Point 00 Sep 2, 2020• On today’s Health in 2 Point 00, Jessica is distracted playing video games, and rants about the unbearable maleness of wearables. Meanwhile Komodo Health raises $ 50m for more analytics (presumably of patients playing Pong), Picnic Health gets $ 25m as PHRs will not go away, Hazel… Read More »
Hospital and physician spending has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic — so hard, in fact, that in April it reached its lowest point in more than a decade. A recent Altarum analysis shows that, due to the cancellation of elective procedures and low patient volume, tanking healthcare usage has contributed to a 24.3%… Read More »
Today on Health in 2 Point 00, there’s been so much movement in digital health funding this week that we have a triple-episode. Bigfoot Biomedical raised $ 55 million in a Series C, Tictrac raised $ 7.5 million for employee wellness, Lifestance Health raised a whopping $ 1.2 billion, Maven acquired Bright Parenting, Higi raised… Read More »
Health in 2 Point 00 Mar 3, 2020• Today on Health in 2 Point 00, Jess is singing as we are finally back with a two-part episode to cover the deals over the past couple weeks! On part A of Episode 110, Jess and I begin with Trump as he is set to speak at… Read More »
U.S. stock index futures were lower Friday morning, erasing some gains following a four-day winning streak on Wall Street. Around 5:20 a.m. ET, Dow futures indicated a drop of more than 130 points at the open. Futures on the S&P and Nasdaq were both slightly lower. The declines come after stocks climbed to all-time highs… Read More »