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The latest on how tech giants and startups are trying to disrupt the delivery of health care and the development of drugs.

Biotech

How swallowing a star might keep you from missing a dose of medicine

By Jonathan Saltzman — Boston Globe

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Exclusive

Verily tangos at JPM with a health tech partner — and steps on a few toes

By Erin Brodwin

SHATTERED DIGIPILL
Exclusive

A forerunner in ‘smart pills’ adopts a new tack as key pharma partnership unravels

By Rebecca Robbins

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Health Tech

Eyeing more data, Livongo will integrate continuous glucose monitor into diabetes coaching program

By Rebecca Robbins

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Health Tech

Facebook’s new tool promotes preventive health. But the company can’t tell if it’s working

By Megan Thielking and Erin Brodwin

Apple CES 2020
Health Tech

Apple came to the world’s biggest tech conference for the first time in 28 years. It barely talked about health

By Erin Brodwin

CES 2020
Health Tech

At CES, digital health gadgets gave me a detailed accounting of my flaws and failures

By Megan Thielking

Health Tech

A Q&A with FDA’s Amy Abernethy on how the agency is grappling with digital health regulation

By Megan Thielking

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Health Tech

Pear Therapeutics licenses voice biomarkers for dementia and psychiatric disorders

By Casey Ross

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Health Tech

Google AI tool can pinpoint breast cancer better than clinicians, new study suggests

By Erin Brodwin

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What will 2020 bring for medicine and science? We asked 16 leaders for predictions

By STAT staff

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Health Tech

3 stories to watch in health tech in 2020

By Casey Ross and Rebecca Robbins

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Health Tech

At Mayo Clinic, AI engineers face an ‘acid test’: Will their algorithms help real patients?

By Casey Ross

Tim Cook
Health Tech

These 7 startups acquired by Apple are central to its health care strategy

By Erin Brodwin

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Health Tech

What Sanofi’s withdrawal from diabetes tech tells us about digital health

By Rebecca Robbins

Dr. John Halamka
Health Tech

Mayo Clinic taps Boston health tech leader to guide data strategy

By Casey Ross

Smartphone in the dark
Health Tech

A glitch in diabetes monitors serves as a cautionary tale for health tech

By Matthew Herper

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Business

How difficult is a $1 billion health-tech fraud? A new indictment makes it sound easy

By Matthew Herper

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Health Tech

In this Silicon-Valley-by-the-Seine, a former dropout hopes to win at the health-tech startup game

By Eric Boodman

AI Panel
STAT Summit

A bold prediction: Machine learning will yield new drug candidates within three years

By Casey Ross

NSH Operating room
Health Tech

Stanford’s new hospital is brimming with futuristic tech. Will it help save money — or drive up costs?

By Rebecca Robbins

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Health Tech

In a ‘Wild West’ environment, hospitals differ sharply in what patient data they give Google

By Casey Ross

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Health

Apple launches virtual health studies aiming to enroll hundreds of thousands of customers

By Rebecca Robbins

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Health Tech

HHS to probe whether Google’s ‘Project Nightingale’ followed federal privacy law

By Rebecca Robbins and Casey Ross

Health coaches
Health Tech

Valued for their tech, Silicon Valley digital health companies rely heavily on armies of faraway coaches

By Rebecca Robbins

India medical tech
Health Tech

India’s health care challenges and tech workforce make it fertile ground for AI startups

By Amitha Kalaichandran

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Health Tech

Google partners with major U.S. health system, gaining access to vast patient data in the process

By Casey Ross

OnMed
Health Tech

This booth can virtually connect patients with clinicians and dispense medications. Will patients use it?

By Megan Thielking

FitBit Health Tracker
Health Tech

5 burning questions about Google’s Fitbit acquisition — and its implications for health and privacy

By Rebecca Robbins and Matthew Herper

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