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Kry brings its telehealth tool to U.S., Chan Zuckerberg Initiative pledges $13.6M to research COVID-19 in Bay Area and more digital health briefs

By Laura Lovett 04:12 pm April 30, 2020

Welcome to the USA. Swedish telehealth platform Kry is moving across the Atlantic and launching its services in the U.S., according to CNBC. It will be offering LIVI, its digital doctor consultation service that lets patients request a visit via the app. Patients can access a doctor for physical conditions and behavioral health. In January the startup scored €140 million ($155 million) Series C...

Mobile health pervades recent top healthcare rankings

By Neil Versel 04:01 pm July 18, 2012

Mobile health is showing up at the top of a lot of lists lately. Ahead of next week's United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil -- better known as Rio+20 -- Mashable columnist Zoe Fox has outlined five reasons why "mobile is the future of sustainable development." No. 1 is disease response. Fox highlighted one of many mHealth projects underway in sub-Saharan Africa, a Hewlett...