Sleep Score Will Also Come To These Older Apple Watch Models

bgr - Sleep Score is one of the more interesting features debuting on Apple Watch Series 11 and Ultra 3, but it's also coming to older watches with watchOS 26.

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New MAHA report sparks debate over US children’s health policies

A controversial MAHA report on US children’s health has ignited debate as it targets food and drug marketing practices and vaccine‐related issues. Released amid heightened scrutiny over vaccine safety and health policies—with RFK Jr. among its critics—the report has sparked a fresh wave of controversy over public health standards.

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Florida Moves to End State Vaccine Mandates

Florida officials are set to scrap all vaccine mandates, including those affecting school attendance. The policy rollback is stirring debate as critics warn of potential public health risks, while supporters cheer the move as a victory for personal freedom in a state known for its independent streak.

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Predoc Raises $30 Million for AI-Powered Health Information Management System

PYMNTS / pymnts - Predoc raised $30 million in seed and Series A funding for its artificial intelligence-powered health information management system, according to a banner on the company’s website. The company said in a Tuesday (Sept. 2) post on LinkedIn that the fundrais…

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Chaos At CDC As Trump Admin Ousts CDC Director After Only Weeks On The Job

Timothy Geigner / techdirt - The CDC has plunged into chaos. Dr. Susan Monarez, the newly minted CDC Director, a role she held for a matter of mere weeks, has been fired by the Trump administration. We actually wrote about Monarez previously, as she was engaged with both the CDC team…

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CDC Director Ousted Weeks Into Job

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unexpectedly replaced its director just weeks after Senate confirmation. The abrupt change has left public health officials wondering if it’s a case of hot potato leadership amid ongoing health challenges and regulatory puzzles—with many questions on what’s really cooking behind the scenes.

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Apple Watch’s restored blood oxygen tracking attracts another lawsuit

Jess Weatherbed / theverge - Medical tech company Masimo is suing US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in an attempt to overturn the agency’s decision to allow Apple to restore the blood oxygen tracking feature on Apple Watches. Apple has been embroiled in legal disputes over Masim…

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How iPhone Action Mode helps Parkinson's sufferers capture steady moments

appleinsider - Apple has put the spotlight on one of its more overlooked iPhone camera tricks, showing how Action mode can make everyday recording possible for people living with Parkinson's disease.iPhone Action mode helps people with Parkinson's diseaseOn August 20, A…

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Google says Steph Curry will use its AI to get better at basketball

Mariella Moon / engadget - Google has announced a multi-year partnership with Steph Curry at its Made by Google event, and as part of that team-up, it says the NBA superstar will use AI from Google Cloud to improve his performance on the court. Yep, the company is claiming that Goo…

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Blood Oxygen Feature Finally Returning to Apple Watch in the US

Hartley Charlton / macrumors - Apple today announced that blood oxygen monitoring will return to Apple Watch models in the United States via a software update.Apple says that its blood oxygen monitoring feature has been "redesigned" for the Apple Watch Series 9, Apple Watch Series 10, …

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Doctors Were Worse at Spotting Cancer After Leaning on AI, Study Finds

AJ Dellinger / gizmodo - AI is not benign.

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Eli Lilly’s Obesity Pill Shows Promising Weight Loss in New Results

Emily Mullin / wired - In an 18-month clinical trial of the experimental GLP-1 pill orforglipron, about 60 percent of people lost at least 10 percent of their body weight.

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Watch Brain-Controlled iPad in Action for the First Time

Hartley Charlton / macrumors - For the first time, an individual has been seen publicly controlling an iPad entirely through thought, thanks to Apple's new brain-computer interface (BCI) protocol and Synchron's implantable Stentrode device.A new video from Synchron shows how Mark, a pa…

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AI-native clinical documentation startup Ambience Healthcare raises $243M

Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Ambience Healthcare Inc., a provider of ambient artificial intelligence documentation tools, said today it has closed on $243 million in Series C funding, bringing its total amount raised to date to more than $345 million. It’s one of the biggest funding …

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Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Best Known as Theo in The Cosby Show, Dies at 54

Michael Cripe / ign - Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who is best known for playing Theodore ‘Theo’ Huxtable on The Cosby Show, has died at 54.

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Numan secures $60M to scale preventive digital health platform

Cate Lawrence / tech - UK digital healthtech Numan has raised $60 million in fresh funding, following another year of exceptional growth.Numan is on a mission to help people live happier, healthier, longer lives. It offers ...

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Now Jack Dorsey has built an app to track your vitamin D

Dominic Preston / theverge - Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has released a new app that tracks your sun exposure and vitamin D levels. It’s his second app in a week, after last weekend’s encrypted peer-to-peer messaging app Bitchat. Sun Day is available now for iOS via TestFlight, an…

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New research links caffeine to slower aging at the cellular level

techspot - A recently published study confirms what caffeine enthusiasts have suspected all along: the naturally occurring stimulant is not only great for waking up the mind but may also help keep the body healthier. Researchers are now shedding light on the fascina…

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Medical AI startup Abridge closes $300M investment at $5.3B valuation

Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Medical software developer Abridge Inc. today disclosed that it has raised a $300 million funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. The investment, which also included the participation of Khosla Ventures, values the startup at $5.3 billion. That’s nearly…

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