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A Silicon Valley maker of surgical robots is launching a venture capital arm to invest in future leaders of minimally invasive care. Inaugural ante: $100 million.

Green Light

*The list also includes virtual reality, augmented reality and 3D printing. Links lead to announcements as sent by the companies.

Hearing

A hearing aid manufacturer founded in the 1950s has introduced what it says is the first use of AI to optimize auditory assistance for the hearing impaired in real time.

Market Research

In baseball terms—this is a World Series week, after all—Jvion batted a cool .533.

Flu Shots can help lower risk factors to prevent cardiac events in a new study. Flu shots are associated with a significant reduction in the risk of cardiovascular complications or pneumonia in patients with heart failure, according to new findings published in The Lancet Global Health.

The three states of Southern New England will be looking for a threepeat of sorts this year, as they placed first, second and third for the 2019-20 season.  

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Physicians who lived in three of the most populous states and were eligible to vote from 2006 to 2018 did so at a rate 14 percentage points lower than the population as a whole.

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The approval, made as part of a special FDA pilot program, took just 50 days.