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CVS Health is on track to expand its HealthHub store concept to more than 600 locations in 2020, the company revealed during a presentation at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco.

CLEW, a Netanya, Israel-based healthcare technology company, announced that it has raised $10 million in Series B funding.

Zebra Medical Vision CEO arazi

Zebra Medical Vision has appointed Ohad Arazi as the company’s new CEO, a move that will be effective beginning March 1.

Global healthcare company Cigna has partnered with New York-based health insurance startup Oscar Health to provide commercial health options to small businesses.

A survey conducted by the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago found more than 75% of parents are generally receptive to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the management of children with respiratory illnesses in the emergency department (ED). However, some demographic subgroups, including non-Hispanic black and younger age parents, had greater reservations about the use of these technologies. 

Patients and healthcare providers both see potential in AI’s ability to improve healthcare. Patients, however, appear to trust AI technology more than providers.

New drugs are being approved by the FDA at a faster clip, but the science behind them is weakening, according to a study published in JAMA. That means more drugs are available, but questions remain if they are effective.

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