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By Rachel McArthur | 03:13 am | July 13, 2020
The masks use Swiss company HeiQ's Viroblock "intelligent textile technology", which was designed to eliminate a range of bacteria and viruses. 
By Joost Bruggeman | 03:09 am | July 10, 2020
The global workforce need the right tools as they continue to engage one of the greatest threats of our time with the resurgence of the coronavirus in China and marked increase in positive cases found in the US, says Joost Bruggeman, co-founder and CEO of Siilo.
By Dave Muoio | 04:01 pm | July 08, 2020
Designed to help screen employees for COVID-19, Sonde One uses a questionnaire, temperature and user voice-samples to provide daily guidance.
By Ahmed El Sherif | 11:01 am | July 07, 2020
Launching as an app this summer, the Mulk E-Hospital will reportedly offer a range of healthcare services by over 2,000 medical specialists from around the world.
By Cornelia Wels-Maug | 02:45 am | July 07, 2020
Digital health applications are starting to make their way into regular healthcare provision. But how should they be regulated? Digital health technology assessments (HTA) are increasingly recognised as an important pillar on the way towards universal reimbursement as detailed in the latest issue of HIMSS Insights, COVID-19 and Beyond.
By Dave Muoio | 04:16 pm | June 30, 2020
Firstbeat Analytics provides software that helps monitor stress, sleep, respiration rate and more for Garmin and other consumer smartwatch makers.
By Dave Muoio | 02:31 pm | June 30, 2020
The clothing and lifestyle brand backed Mirror in 2019, and had been working with the startup on branded workout content.
By Sara Mageit | 09:24 am | June 30, 2020
Brisbane-based digital health company, ResApp Health has announced the launch of SleepCheck, a mobile medical device software application that analyses a user’s breathing and snoring sounds during sleep and provides an assessment of their risk of sleep apnoea.
By Aline Noizet | 03:43 am | June 30, 2020
Mental health problems have been a rising issue globally over the past decade due to an ever more demanding society, in addition to the exponential increase in the use of social media, as reported by the American Psychological Association. Digital health connector, Aline Noizet, takes a closer look at some of the emerging tools available to those suffering with increased mental health challenges during COVID-19.
By Sara Mageit | 07:41 am | June 29, 2020
The European Open Science Cloud Secretariat initiative has approved €1,235,000 in emergency funding for 32 projects to specifically tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.