Lung health management platform Aluna has completed a $15.3 million (£12.4 million) Series B round of financing. The funds will help Aluna grow its solution among doctors and patients managing asthma, cystic fibrosis and COPD. Aluna’s AI-enabled respiratory management platform enables patients to transmit data to their doctor by blowing into their innovative spirometer daily. […]
A new report states that Tesla plans to ramp up electric vehicle production at Gigafactory Shanghai to 20,000 units per week after a surge in orders. After years of claiming that demand was exceeding production capacity, we have seen plenty of evidence late last year that Tesla was starting to have some more serious demand […]
Pocan’s commitment to promoting progressive policies will be on display on Wednesday, as he reintroduces the Save Medicare Act. The congressman points to his advocacy for the legislation as just one example of how progressives can keep advancing their ideals in a Republican-controlled House and ensure that Democrats will be ready to act when they […]
Briefly tuning into a person’s individual brainwave cycle before they perform a learning task dramatically boosts the speed at which cognitive skills improve, researchers have learned. Calibrating rates of information delivery to match the natural tempo of our brains increases our capacity to absorb and adapt to new information, the team behind the study say. […]
At HTN Now: January, we were joined by Dr Penny Kechagioglou, Chief Clinical Information Officer and Deputy Chief Medical Officer at the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, for a presentation on building the clinical informatics team of the future. To begin, Penny said: “One thing I have learned is that any technical or digital piece […]
Honda’s combustion engine outboard motors are a common sight on the back of boats in marinas around the world. But those motors could be going green one day thanks to a new Honda electric outboard shown off recently at the Dusseldorf Boat Show. Honda electric outboard motor The new boat motor is reportedly still a […]
Health Education England has shared some of its global projects tackling health issues with technology. In this article, Richard Price, Global Health Education Technologies Advisor at Health Education explains. The importance of global collaboration in tackling health issues has been brought into sharp focus in the past two years. In an era dominated by health […]
A golden eagle photographed in Scotland. The bird of prey is protected under the U.K.’s Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Education Images | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Plans for an onshore wind farm in Scotland have been revised after a number of concerns, including those related to how the project might affect golden […]
NHS Digital has updated its existing Keep I.T. Confidential online cyber security awareness toolkit with the aim of supporting social care organisations and clinical settings to improve security culture within their workplace. Two sets of campaign materials have been published, one aimed at staff working in clinical settings and one aimed at people working within […]
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW) has developed a new online Application Support Hub, with the aim of supporting candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds through their recruitment process. An internal report found that white applicants are more likely to be appointed than candidates from ethnic minority backgrounds, which led to […]
