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Walgreens Boots Alliance has launched a new digital platform, available through its mobile app and website, called Find Care Now.

Update: The telemedicine scene referred to in this article was cut from the US version of "Sharkwrecked.

Correction: Thanks to an eagle-eyed reader, this story has been updated to remove the claim that Dip.

Mountain View, California-based sleep tech company Beddr has closed $5.

The United States Patent Office has published a patent from Apple, filed December 18 of last year and not yet granted, for a "sunscreen detector" that could be incorporated into the Apple Watch or the iPhone and could even include augmented reality functionality.

Anthem plan members who own a Samsung Galaxy device are now able to use American Well’s LiveHealth Online telehealth service through the Samsung Health app, the companies announced today.

Personalized health information company K Health has launched a free primary care app.

An investigation published yesterday in The Lancet Psychiatry found that automated cognitive intervention delivered via sessions with a consumer-grade virtual reality headset effectively reduced individuals’ fear of heights, and was generally well received by those participating in the study.

In 2016, UnitedHealthcare and Medtronic cut a deal that established the latter’s devices as the preferred insulin pumps for United members with diabetes.

Clarification: This article has been updated to include additional information about how the iBeat watch connects to EMS services.