Population and Public Health

This comes a year after its last $63 million funding round. 

Also, a new study shows workers back restrictions on technology use since the rise of remote working.

The Access Initiative for Quitting Tobacco and will first be piloted in Jordan. 

This week's top stories include primary care doctors saying they're not ready for the next COVID-19 surge, Philips building out the VA's telehealth infrastructure, and Novartis and Propeller Health co-packaging a new asthma treatment.

Alongside data analytics and employee apps, both offerings focus on facilitating coronavirus testing services among employees.

The Health Service Executive in Ireland has indicated that the COVID-19 tracker app will be downloadable from Google and Apple app stores, subject to final government approval.

Infection surveillance and infection control are part of what makes countries successful that manage to keep the SarsCoV2 pandemic in check. Properly implemented, digital solutions can help a lot with testing, tracing and isolating. Striking the right balance between meeting public health requirements and upholding privacy is not easy though. 

Pagabo and Moodbeam have collaborated to aid mental health and wellbeing and improve working conditions in the construction sector.

This week's top stories include the Department of Health and Human Services whittling down coronavirus vaccine candidates, the Senate looking at telehealth's future and Proteus Digital Health filing for bankruptcy.