These are the weekly disruptions seen in the healthcare industry from last week.
Food as Medicine
The federal effort to eradicate hunger and lower the incidence of illnesses linked to nutrition is now centred on the idea that “food is medicine.”
Digital Health
Ginger, owned by Headspace Health, is now available to Kaiser Permanente members as part of the latter’s digital self-care portfolio.
Medical Research
Walmart has announced the inauguration of Walmart Healthcare Research Institute (WHRI) to address the issue of accessibility for underserved communities through research.
AI and Robotics
WHO has launched an AI-sponsored healthcare worker that can spread information on different health-related topics in seven different languages.
Pharmaceuticals
Gilead’s Trodelvy, a breast cancer medicine, makes a comeback as it wins FDA priority review on the application for highly pretreated HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.
