Erin Brodwin⚡
Health tech reporter @statnews, ex @businessinsider | yoga teacher | mom to instagram.com/mydogdax/ | DM for Signal | [email protected] | she/her
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Blackstone agrees to buy Ancestry in $4.7 billion deal
The investment firm Blackstone is scooping up a majority stake in the direct-to-consumer genetics company Ancestry for $4.7 billion.
Facebook's vaccine misinformation problem faces a new test with Covid-19
Since the outset of the pandemic, vaccine misinformation has ballooned on Facebook. Experts say they're deeply concerned about the danger of such posts.
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NEW: I wrote about how vaccine misinformation is surging on Facebook—just in time for an eventual Covid-19 vaccine. This isn't looking good, folks.
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Eyeing an IPO, Hims expands further into virtual mental health care
The new service will connect patients virtually with providers who can prescribe and manage common medications for depression and anxiety.
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NEW exclusive: Eyeing an IPO, Hims & Hers is taking another step towards providing virtual mental health care—starting with a focus on medications.
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As Amazon builds new health ventures, Haven struggles to gain ground
Amazon’s sprawling, sometimes stilted approach to employee health care is growing more complicated — and threatens to step on the toes of Haven.
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NEW: Does Haven—the high-profile health venture from Amazon, JPM, & Berkshire Hathaway—need a Haven? It's increasingly looking like the answer is yes. statnews.com/2020/07/16/ama… with @caseymross
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Patients aren’t being told about the AI systems advising their care
A growing number of prominent hospitals are using AI-powered tools to advise patient care. But patients often aren't informed, a STAT examination finds.
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NEW: Wrote about the invisible AI-powered systems influencing important medical decisions, with
@RebeccaDRobbins.
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First data for Moderna Covid-19 vaccine show an immune response - STAT
The study showed that vaccinated volunteers made more neutralizing antibodies than have been seen in most patients who have recovered from Covid-19.
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“We don’t know how much [antibody] we need to be protected, so we can’t say [everyone] achieved a protective level ... What we can say is that they made antibody that neutralized the virus, which is good.” statnews.com/2020/07/14/mod… by @matthewherper @damiangarde
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Google pledges not to use Fitbit health data to target ads
With the clock ticking on a European Commission probe into Google's bid for Fitbit, the tech giant pledged not to use Fitbit's health data to target ads.
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Google offered European investigators a concession last night, formally agreeing not to use Fitbit's trove of health data to help target ads.
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A new tool aims to help patients sort through 200 mental health apps
Patients can sort the apps by whether they’ll have to pay for it, its services, the intensity of its privacy policy, and the clinical evidence behind it.
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.@JohnTorousMD's new database lets people sort mental health apps by
-$$
-service type (mood tracking, journaling, etc)
-privacy
-clinical evidence statnews.com/2020/07/10/new… by @NatOrtolano
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Google faces continued scrutiny over use of health data in Fitbit deal
Google is again facing questions about its $2.1 billion bid for Fitbit. The biggest sticking point: How will it use Fitbit’s trove of health data?
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Google is again facing questions from regulators about its $2.1 billion bid for Fitbit. The biggest sticking point: How will the tech giant use Fitbit’s trove of health data?
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Tech giants can help close health disparities. They have little to show for it
Tech giants — with their vast budgets, institutional power, and growing focus on health — could help close racial gaps in health. But that isn't happening.
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NEW: I wrote about how tech giants—with their vast budgets, institutional power, and growing focus on health—could be well-positioned to address systemic racism. By and large, that's not happening.
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Black Americans on mental health, trauma, and resilience - STAT
Being Black in the U.S. during the dual epidemics of Covid-19 and racism is difficult. A photo essay by Crystal Milner explores that theme.
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"It’s almost like we have to sacrifice ourselves now in order to bring justice." -> must read photo essay by @cmilz3211
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North Dakota's contact tracing apps may be a litmus test for Covid-19 tech
North Dakota's pilot effort will serve as a crucial test of whether digital tools can play any sort of permanent role in the pandemic response.
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NEW: I wrote about North Dakota’s push to pilot a digital contact tracing effort involving Apple & Google tech. It will serve as a crucial test of the tools' ongoing role in the pandemic.
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Agenda for CB Insights Technology Conference
The agenda for the CB Insights Tech Conference provides you with information on speakers, moderators, and date and time for each session.
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In 20 mins, I'll have the privilege of interviewing @EricTopol about Covid-19 and the future of health tech. Warm up at our 🔥digital fireside🔥 rb.gy/8sewqk @CBinsights
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Researchers tap location data to capture effect of Covid-19 policies
Skeptical of efforts from tech giants, the Covid-19 Mobility Data Network is tapping data from Facebook to evaluate the success of distancing policies.
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NEW: Researchers are using mobility data from Facebook and ad tech companies to gauge how well the Covid-19 response is working. One lesson: the pandemic is not the great equalizer.
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Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier: George Floyd 'could be me'
Merck CEO Ken Frazier said that leaders in the business community can be a "unifying force."
Black-owned Restaurants in the Bay Area - Google Drive
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Bay Area friends—if you are hungry, sick of your own cooking, and craving delicious food, I have news
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Despite economic crisis, prominent health tech startups draw big funding
Just this month, three well-established health tech companies — Insitro, Mindstrong, and Amwell — raised more than $100 million each.
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NEW: I wrote about the divide emerging between health tech companies. Many of the startups that are thriving right now are those that can adjust to a life lived remotely, where health care is delivered the same way.
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Experts decry FDA's decision to halt Seattle Covid-19 study over approvals
The FDA said its decision to halt a high-profile study to track the virus' spread came after the researchers failed to secure two types of approval.
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I learned new details about why the FDA abruptly shut down a Bill Gates-backed coronavirus research effort called SCAN, as the NYT reported last week.
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SCAN, the Bill Gates-backed coronavirus research effort the FDA shut down last month, is back up and running—now with IRB approval. The backstory
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Halting progress and high turnover preceded Atul Gawande's exit - STAT
As CEO, Atul Gawande faced high turnover in key positions, potential duplication with the work of Amazon, and halting progress toward Haven's goals.
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NEW: @caseymross & I wrote about Atul Gawande's sudden departure from Haven and the trying period leading up to it.
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Remote heart monitoring could become tech’s next big target
With routine care going virtual during the Covid-19 pandemic, remote heart monitoring tools are having a standout moment.
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NEW: I wrote about how nearly every heart-focused health tech company has moved recently to make its devices more broadly available while, at the same time, Big Tech is also deepening its cardiac ambitions.
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