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Digital health has been a hot sector for investors over the last several years, but the hot streak for the space may be cooling down at the end of 2019, as evidenced by the latest figures by Rock Health.

Google’s parent company has made a high-profile hire by naming Robert Califf, MD, to head its medical strategy and policy for Google Health and Verily.

While vaccinations rates prevented at least 10 million deaths worldwide from 2010 to 2015, according to the World Health Organization, there is a growing faction of U.S. residents who aren’t vaccinating their children. And some states are better than others when it comes to vaccinating.

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Worldwide, research is booming around AI applications for predicting and treating cancer with ever more precise and personalized approaches. However, a new literature review has found a shortfall of AI-inclusive studies looking at cancer outcomes and survivorship.

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CB Insights listed 150 of the “most promising private companies” with new products and services in the healthcare space with its first-ever Digital Health 150.

According to a new guideline published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, adults can actually continue consuming both processed meats and red meat––contrary to previous dietary guidelines.

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