PeriGen, a fetal surveillance system developer, plans to make waves in the market with the acquisition of the WatchChild Fetal Monitoring System from Hill-Rom, a multi-billion dollar holdings company based in Batesville, Indiana.

DarioHealth, developer of mobile and digital health and developer of Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution, has announced the launch of its online store in Canada.

The majority of physicians feel they have no time to see additional patients and aren’t feeling positive about the state of their profession, according to a survey conducted by the Physicians Foundation.

Federal grants totaling $24 million will fund a network of three research centers and a data coordinating center dedicated to young people with HIV or at risk of contracting it, with a focus on mobile applications.

Today’s emergency medical services (EMS) crews have more technology, equipment and life-saving techniques at their disposal than ever before, according to the Wall Street Journal’s Laura Landro. But new advancements may focus on using EMS to keep patients away from the emergency room.

It’s probably safe for mothers to get the H1N1 flu vaccine in their first trimester of pregnancy, according to a new study published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. Previously, this risk was considered poorly understood, according to the study authors. 

Rational Vaccines (RVx), after 20 years of pre-clinical trials, has developed a class of live vaccines for herpes simplex viruses 1 and 2.

Doctors should stop giving children codeine, according to a report by the American Academy of Pediatrics published in the journal Pediatrics.