The Earth’s continental crust is totally weird
I’ve said this before in this space, but Earth is weird. Think about it: The distribution of altitude among many planets and moons in our solar system. Credit: Vita-Finzi and…
Back pain is very common among astronauts
For millennia, humans have been drawn to space exploration. By the Apollo 11 astronauts first set foot on lunar soil by 1969, more than 72 countries had established their own…
House price indexes for November: up like a rocket, down like a feather
– by a New Deal Democrat As I have said many times over the last 10 years, housing prices lag sales. Housing permits peaked in early 2022, with starts following…
Ciox, Sentara Healthcare Pilots Data Access Tool to Improve Maternal Health – MedCity News
Ciox — a company focused on increasing access to medical records — recently partnered with a nonprofit health system based in Virginia Sentara Healthcare to pilot a tool that makes…
Blue Shield of California Launches ‘Virtual First’ Acclaimed Health Plan, TeleMed2U – MedCity News
In partnership with Accolade and TeleMed2U, Blue Shield of California released its Virtual Blue health benefits plan on Monday. The plan, effective April 1, gives members access to virtual primary,…
Smile Digital Health commits $30 million to address industry interoperability issues – MedCity News
Data isolation and fragmentation remains a major problem that the healthcare industry is struggling to solve. Smile Digital Health — a Toronto-based health IT company — recently raised $30 million…
KFF: 65% of People Opted Out of Medicaid/CHIP Have Been Uninsured – MedCity News
After being disenrolled from Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), 65% of people had a period of uninsured recent analysis found. The report comes from the Kaiser Family…
Nyckoles Harbor will announce a college commitment on National Signing Day
The No. 1 ranked undrafted football recruit in the country is Archbishop Carroll (D.C.) athlete Nichols Harbor. However, the wait is almost over. According to Chad Simmons at On3Harbor will…
Recruiting roundup: 5 schools land 4-star commitments over the weekend
With National Signing Day approaching this week, we can expect a busy news cycle in the world of recruiting. While we wait to hear from elite undecideds like Nyckoles Harbour,…
Which digital health startups are the most and least likely to raise capital in 2023? – MedCity News
Last year’s trends in digital healthcare investments left some startups feeling uneasy about their ability to raise capital in the new funding environment. Healthcare startups raised $3.4 billion in the…