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Free mental health app available to 1 million South Yorkshire NHS users An emotional wellness app is being offered to over 16s in the UK's South Yorkshire for free, to help manage low moods, reduce stress and improve sleep.

Also, India Health Link has partnered with Medikabazaar to promote its health kiosk through the latter's extensive delivery network.

The telemedicine platform will start by offering diabetes care support.

It looks to grow its engineering, product, and design teams while expanding across Asia.

As part of a global trend for health insurers, the cornerstone investment in XT Ventures will further HCF's "deep pedigree in helping innovative startups". 

Also: Wysa receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for its mental health chatbot, and Pear Therapeutics expands its telehealth partnership program.

The company said it would use the Series A to expand its team, build its provider network, and add partnerships with health systems and payers.

The startup also announced a new product called Clear Contracts that aims to improve the direct contracting process.

The researchers found 20 of the 23 apps reviewed shared data with third parties. Only 16 displayed a privacy policy, and three collected data before consent.

Also: Precision oncology platform OncoHost scores $35 million, home care startup Reverence emerges from stealth with $9.5 million and pediatric behavioral health startup Handspring Health completes a $6.2 million seed round.