Healthcare

Digital health startups are slashing staff to stay afloat. Here are the ones that have cut employees so far in 2023, including IntelyCare and Headspace.

Funding for digital therapeutics surged by 133% between 2020 and 2021, and the sector's estimated global value is expected to grow to $28 billion.

Northwell Health and the startup studio Aegis Ventures are working on AI tools to help rescue doctors from a mountain of paperwork.

An increasing number of women are travelling abroad to freeze their eggs and Rika Tajima decided to use fertility tourism startup Milvia to do just that.

The union strike would impact dozens of Kaiser Permanente facilities across seven states and Washington, DC, affecting millions of patients.

Corizon Health, facing mounting debt, executed a controversial bankruptcy maneuver. Hundreds of prisoner's medical malpractice claims were left in limbo.

Maryland officials are grappling with the state's first local case of malaria in four decades. It follows similar cases in Florida and Texas.

Rudy Giuliani defended Purdue Pharma, helping the company continue selling OxyContin. Netflix's new show "Painkiller" dramatizes this true story.

Alice Zhang said, "You attract investors and people that believe in you and want to work with you. Actually it is a form of disservice if you try to put out a front that's not authentic to you."

Eureka Health is building a platform for patients with chronic conditions to share new treatments. The startup landed a $7 million seed round in July.

Meet the entrepreneurs, scientists, doctors, and business leaders who are transforming the healthcare industry.

January AI's machine-learning algorithm can predict blood-sugar spikes and dips.

This National Wellness Month, discover how iHerb empowers well-being through quality products and expert insights.

Innovate Health is Insider's newsroom destination for articles on the future of healthcare. The stories are for anyone curious about digital breakthroughs coming out of health and pharmaceutical companies, and about finding new ways to take care of themselves.

Doctors still feel burnout post-pandemic. AI assistants aren't ready to diagnose patients yet, but they can handle admin tasks like charting.

Americans are getting screwed over by Big Pharma twice: first by high drug prices and again by the companies profit shifting gambit.

We compiled the pitch decks that healthcare startups like Tia, Omada, and NOCD have used to win over investors.

Helpful raised $7.5 million from Redesign Health to build a community for caregiver organization and support.

Blackstone, Levine Leichtman, and a string of other private capital investors are pushing into the med spa industry, prompting growth — and scrutiny.

The startup is launching an at-home fertility treatment kit, as it aims to provide consumers with a more affordable alternative to IVF.

Vaccines often take years, and sometimes even decades, to develop, test, and approve for public use.

The London-based startup uses AI to monitor patients' mental health symptoms, for depression and anxiety.

The CDC is warning people who choose to smoke both cigarettes and vapes that they risk "greater exposure to toxins and worse respiratory outcomes."

Instead of counting calories and keeping a log of their meals, WeightWatchers members will soon have access to drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy.

Employers are balking at the high cost of new, effective weight-loss drugs like Wegovy, which usually range in price from $900 to $1,300 a month.

ChenMed, which last year explored a sale of a big piece of its business, has decided to keep its units together as one company under President Steve Nelson.

Patients don't always exhibit the most common symptoms, and if dismissed, they could die or be permanently disabled.

Medicare would be able to cover buzzy weight-loss drugs like Wegovy under federal legislation proposed by a bipartisan group of lawmakers.

In the world of healthcare investing, VC firms like GV and Khosla Ventures are clamoring for white coats over blue suits to back the next big startup.

The physician shortage is especially dire in rural areas, where 20% of Americans live but only 10% of doctors practice.

Investors picked startups taking new approaches to drug discovery, mental health, cancer research, and more.

Isabel Van De Keere had a spinal injury that left her with a long recovery. It inspired her to build a better rehab experience: Immersive Rehab.

At least 20 states have enacted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming care for trans minors, despite medical associations endorsing treatments.

Almost 40% of the developing world is in serious debt trouble, and it will impact whether these countries can educate their growing populations.

Opill has been in use for over 50 years and has a 93% effective rate at preventing pregnancy.

Bryan Johnson eats a strict diet of 1,977 calories a day and 70 pounds of veggies per month, but says he has no interest in junk food or cheat days.

For the first time, a majority of Americans now say the COVID pandemic is over and appear to be going back their pre-pandemic lives.

The FDA approved the first birth control pill available without a prescription, expanding access to contraceptives. It will hit shelves in 2024.

Online pill services are using AI to turbocharge the same aggressive marketing tactics that drove the opioid epidemic.

Theranos' Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced to 11.25 years in a women's prison in Bryan, Texas, but BOP records show her term has been shortened 2 years.

Bryan Johnson got blood plasma from his 17-year-old son as part of his effort to age backward but has concluded there were "no benefits detected."

As of now, 2023 is on track to be the lowest funding year for healthcare since 2019, with investors making bigger investments in fewer companies.

Stephanie Guarisco of New Mexico said in a lawsuit filed in June that she was sold "defective" contacts in 2020 and lost an eye as a result.

"They're never going back to therapy," the therapist told the LA Times. "They just had the first person she talked to about it abandon them."

High stress and job insecurity have many tech executives turning to alcohol and controlled substances to cope, a new survey says.

Alfie Health's artificial intelligence creates personalized plans for treating obesity with new weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic.

Startups are spearheading advances in reproductive and fertility technology in Europe. Here are the top contenders to watch.