Health

Astral Systems raises £23M to produce cancer-fighting isotopes

Astral Systems raised £23mn in Series A funding led by Mercia Ventures to scale production of medical isotopes for cancer…

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Cancer-Detecting Brain Implants Tested in 3 People

Coherence Neuro, a startup with ties to Neuralink, has begun human testing of a brain-computer interface that detects and treats…

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Wyze smart scale analyzes body composition for under $80

Wyze has launched a more affordable $79.98 BodyScan scale, down from the $119.98 Ultra model, by removing Wi-Fi in favor…

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Google Health 5.02 restores popular Fitbit features users requested

The Google Health 5.02 update, rolling out on Android and iOS, restores key Fitbit features including customizable drag-and-drop metrics on…

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Gen Z Singles Turn ‘Solomaxxing’ Into an Aspirational Trend

Solomaxxing is a lifestyle trend where young people, like Carmen Hyden, deliberately avoid romantic relationships to focus on self-development and…

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ALS Patient Regains Speech and Full-Time Work via Brain Implant

University of California, Davis researchers have developed a "brain-computer interface" that translates neural signals into text and enables precise cursor…

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OpenAI Upgrades Free ChatGPT with Better Health Answers

OpenAI reports that GPT-5.5 Instant, now the default for free ChatGPT users, matches its advanced Thinking models on health questions,…

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AI matches or beats doctors in two new medical studies

Two AI systems, Mira and Amie, demonstrated diagnostic and treatment planning accuracy matching or exceeding human doctors in simulated scenarios,…

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Frontier Health secures $16M for NHS admin AI

Frontier Health has raised $16 million in seed funding for JUNO, an AI agent designed to assist NHS administrative coordinators…

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FDA Advisors Unanimously Approve Moderna’s mRNA Vaccine After Controversy

FDA advisors voted 9–0 to approve Moderna's seasonal mRNA flu vaccine, mFlusiva, after a Trump-era appointee attempted to block its…

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Self-Driving Robotic Toilet Comes to You

Yueban unveiled the Xiaoban, a self-driving smart toilet that autonomously navigates to users using LiDAR and sensors from high-end robot…

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‘Queer Eye’s’ Karamo Brown launches Kē wellness app with AI clone

Karamo Brown launched the wellness and AI app "Kē", offering personalized fitness, nutrition, and meditation tools, along with a community…

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Ancient Plague Killed Siberian Hunter-Gatherers 5,500 Years Ago

DNA evidence from teeth at four ancient cemeteries near Russia's Lake Baikal reveals the earliest known plague outbreak, caused by…

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Healthcare Firm Hit Days After Novo Nordisk Breach

iRhythm Technologies disclosed a cyberattack on June 8, 2026, involving unauthorized access to third-party-hosted business applications, resulting in the theft…

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Stanford grads raise $11M for noninvasive hormone-tracking wearable

Stanford graduates Jenny Duan and Abhinav Agarwal founded Clair Health, which raised $11.6 million led by Khosla Ventures, to create…

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Midjourney evolves from cat pics to full-body ultrasound scans

Midjourney CEO David Holz announced the company's first hardware product, The Midjourney Scanner, an ultrasound-based full-body scanner that captures detailed…

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Trump official ousted, FDA reversal clears gene therapy

The FDA reversed its stance on UniQure's Huntington's disease gene therapy AMT-130 after removing Trump-era officials including Vinay Prasad, who…

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iRhythm Confirms Hack, Patient Data Stolen

iRhythm Technologies confirmed a cyberattack on June 8 that led to patient data theft, with the attackers issuing a ransom…

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Midjourney’s full-body scanner: big claims, no results yet

Midjourney unveiled a full-body medical scanner at a San Francisco event, claiming it's faster and safer than MRI machines, using…

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My Father’s Aging in Place, With AI as His Watchful Eye

AI-powered monitoring systems using sensors and motion detectors are being adopted by families and home care agencies to track seniors'…

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