Health Tech By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH Just FIVE MONTHS after launch, rural health startup Homeward is proving its potential for growth with MORE funding – today announcing its $50 million Series B (that’s $70 million total for the folks keeping score at home) – AND a huge 30,000-patient partnership with Priority Health. Co-founder & CEO Dr. Jennifer Schneider is […]
Hospitals serving a higher proportion of Black patients receive less financial support for providing care compared with those serving a lower proportion, according to a recent study from physician-researchers at the University of California Los Angeles and Princeton, Johns Hopkins and Harvard universities The peer-reviewed study compiled data from Medicare and the American Hospital Association on 5,740 hospitals from 2016 […]
Happy Wednesday! Here’s this week’s survey, which you can copy and paste and share as a comment. Your skin tone/coloring: Favorite powder blush formula? Favorite everyday powder blush shade? Favorite applicator for powder blush? Join Discussion
View gallery Image Credit: BACKGRID/MEGA Heidi Klum celebrated her third anniversary with her husband Tom Kaulitz in St. Barths when she rocked a tiny pink string bikini. The 49-year-old posted a video of her and Tom from behind as they held hands and ran into the ocean. Heidi posted the video with the caption, “Happy 3 Year Anniversary my LOVE. […]
As part of their work to advance innovation in healthcare, some health systems and tech companies are rolling out accelerator programs to give young startups the resources they need to develop digital health products. Recently, more accelerators specifically focused on health equity are emerging, such as the programs established by Amazon, UCSF and Boston Medical Center. Two weeks ago, UCLA […]
President Joe Biden on Wednesday will sign an executive order aimed in part at making it easier for women seeking abortions to travel between states to obtain access to the procedure. More specifically, one of the directives Biden will issue will allow states that have not outlawed abortion to apply for specific Medicaid waivers that would, in effect, help them […]
Glossy face products Linter shares that she just threw away a product that had the good intention of making skin look glossy but ultimately just made it sticky. “My hair just stuck to it. It made my pores look larger,” says Linter. She notes that “when you are younger, something like this applied lightly might work,” but after applying it […]
Adventist HealthCare is planning to submit a certificate of need in fall 2023 for a new hospital campus for the Fort Washington Medical Center in Fort Washington, Md., according to the website nbcwashington.com. The new facility would be situated on a 23-acre site that’s approximately two miles from its current facility. The current hospital provides general inpatient services, including ambulatory […]
Tapered jeans aren’t pants held together by the power of duck tape. No. The best tapered jeans are a sexy, classic approach to your bottom half, and there won’t be an inch of sellotape insight. To get technical, the Oxford Language dictionary defines “taper” as: “diminish or reduce in thickness towards one end.” In the context of denim jeans, that […]
Congratulations, you’ve welcomed a new bundle of joy into your world! However, having a newborn infant comes with a lots of questions and things to be aware of. One of these things to be aware of is neonatal, or newborn, jaundice. This will be a key aspect of your baby’s post-delivery hospital stay and first few clinic appointments. Here, we’ll […]