Consumer

Healthcare is improving with each passing year, allowing more aging patients to enjoy longer and healthier lives.

This morning Amazon broke the news that it is acquiring virtual pharmacy PillPack.

Dementia-focused tech company Smart Brain Aging has announced the launch its virtual offering for the aging population.

This morning Munich, Germany-based Kaia Health announced that it has launched an AI-powered motion tracking technology called the Perfect Squat Challenge app.

Submissions for speaking opportunities at the health IT conference are open until July 16, 2018.

On-demand fitness content maker Aaptiv has raised $22 million in a new funding round led by Millenium Technology Value Partners.

Calm, developer of the meditation and sleep app of the same name, has raised $27 million in a round of funding led by Insight Ventures that also includes singer Harry Styles (formerly of One Direction) and Sound Ventures, the investment vehicle of actor Ashton Kutcher.

The US’s struggle with opioid addiction rages on, and Facebook seems to have heard critics’ warnings about social media’s role in the epidemic.

Walmart’s ongoing investigation of blockchain technologies seems to have intersected with its growing interest in joining the healthcare space, according to a patent application released earlier this week by the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Apple has announced a partnership with RapidSOS that will allow iPhones to more easily send detailed location data to first responders in the event of an emergency, the Cupertino tech giant announced yesterday.