Health

MENA Health Platform Esaal Raises $1.7M for Expansion
MENA Health Platform Esaal Raises $1.7M for Expansion
May 25, 2022  |  Healthcare

Esaal, an online health and wellness consultation platform for patients in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has wrapped a $1.7 million seed funding...

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WHO: Omicron Could Have ‘Major Impact’ on Pandemic
WHO: Omicron Could Have ‘Major Impact’ on Pandemic
December 10, 2021  |  Coronavirus

The World Health Organization sounded a hopeful-yet-cautious note this week on the omicron variant of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to published reports, WHO Director-General Tedros...

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CVS Shifting Focus to Health Services Amid 900-Store Closure
CVS Shifting Focus to Health Services Amid 900-Store Closure
November 18, 2021  |  Retail

Retail, pharmacy and healthcare company CVS Health Corp. on Thursday (Nov. 18) announced that it’s adding primary care offices at some of its locations and...

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Sesame Membership Model Brings ‘Radically Normal Healthcare’ to Millions of US Consumers
Sesame Membership Model Brings ‘Radically Normal Healthcare’ to Millions of US Consumers
November 18, 2021  |  Healthcare

Online telehealth is growing by leaps as the pandemic drags on, but these services can often feel urgent and impermanent compared to the close in-person...

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Are Consumers Really Giving up on Home Fitness?
Are Consumers Really Giving up on Home Fitness?
November 17, 2021  |  Fitness

Digital connected fitness is showing serious signs of weakness, with Peloton earlier this month lowering its expectations for subscription growth and revenue for the 2022...

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Google Hires Headspace Exec Megan Jones Bell for Mental Health Focus
Google Hires Headspace Exec Megan Jones Bell for Mental Health Focus
October 26, 2021  |  Personnel

Google has hired Megan Jones Bell, former Headspace chief strategy and science officer, to lead its push into the mental health space as clinical director...

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Amazon Halo Expansion Could Upend Connected Fitness Space
Amazon Halo Expansion Could Upend Connected Fitness Space
September 30, 2021  |  Retail

Alongside announcements about Alexa, home robots and other new devices earlier this week, Amazon unofficially set its sights on Peloton, aiming to take on the...

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Study: How 73 Million Highly Connected Consumers Are Pioneering The Connected Economy
Study: How 73 Million Highly Connected Consumers Are Pioneering The Connected Economy
June 21, 2021  |  Commerce Connected

Ninety-two percent of all consumers have placed online orders for products. More than 85 percent have paid bills online and nearly 75 percent have booked...

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Is The Physical Gym Business Model Broken?
Is The Physical Gym Business Model Broken?
May 26, 2021  |  Commerce Connected

The gym as we know it is not built for customer success – something that most consumers will readily attest to, given how few times...

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