Israel-based AI healthtech company, DiA Imaging Analysis, which is using deep learning and machine learning to automate analysis of ultrasound scans, has closed a $14 million Series B round of funding. Backers in the growth round, which comes three years after DiA last raised, include new investors Alchimia Ventures, Downing Ventures, ICON Fund, Philips and […]
Colin Bateman: ‘I don’t usually get emotional while writing but this is hugely personal’
The author of dark comic novels such as Divorcing Jack has written a play, Nutcase, drawing on his relationship with his teenage sonAfter writing 34 books (including comedy crime novels such as Divorcing Jack and Driving Big Davie) and numerous movies …
Handsome review – meandering Down’s syndrome road trip
The world travels of a pair of brothers, one with Down’s, start to look like a middling gap-year projectOn the rare occasions the cinema has engaged with Down’s syndrome – 1996’s The Eighth Day and 2019’s The Peanut Butter Falcon are the main ones to s…
Back to the suture: The future of healthcare is in the home
In-home care is nothing new. In the 1930s, over 40% of physician-patient encounters took place in the home, but by the 1980s, that figure dropped to under 1%.
FDA fully approves Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, making it the first vaccine to achieve that status. The mRNA-based vaccine has been available since late last year through an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA), and will continue to be offered under that designation for those aged 12 to 15 […]
Y Combinator-backed Adra wants to turn all dentists into cavity-finding ‘super dentists’
Adra is bringing AI into the dentist’s day-to-day workflow so they can spend less time finding cavities and more time with patients.
Work your muscles and rethink your diet: how fitness can help you through the menopause
From the right way to exercise, to what to eat and drink and the case for HRT, experts explain how women can prepare for midlife changes to their bodiesSometimes your body notices things before your mind does: you might think you’re so far away from th…
Remote Indigenous community of Wilcannia under severe strain as Covid spreads
Crowded housing and delayed test results are hindering efforts to contain virus in NSW townshipNSW restrictions; NSW hotspots; border restrictionsVaccine rollout trackerGet our free news app; our morning email briefingCovid is spreading rapidly in the …
Young people warn of long Covid in NHS vaccination drive
Patients urge others to get jabs in new video, as 16- and 17-year-olds in England are offered first dosesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageYoung patients experiencing the debilitating effects of long Covid have urged people to…
Depression is why I’m writing this. Shame is why I’m writing it under a pseudonym
My Asian parents, like many, did not understand my depression or anxiety. Today, talking about how it affected me openly is still treacherous terrainI can’t recall exactly when we started referring to them as my vitamins. Looking back, it feels as if I…