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This week's top stories include Amwell snapping up digital mental health company SilverCloud Health and virtual care company Conversa Health, the AMA backing vaccine mandates for healthcare workers and the VA suspending Cerner EHR rollouts.

The company will grow its services nationwide with the new cash.   

The company has created a portable ultrasound and corresponding workflow software. 

The combined deal was worth $320 million in cash and stocks. 

The funding brings MedRhythms total amount raised to $34 million since its inception.   

The investment round was led by Felix Capital and will enable the company to scale current offerings and expand into new areas.

Also: Nym Health gets $25M to scale its medical code platform, healthcare cost-transparency startup Turquoise Health scores $5M, and Oova closes a seed round.  

The acquisition is expected to help Komodo expand further into the life science space. 

The companies will combine their complementary pathology tools to leverage services for tech-enabled diagnostics, drug discovery and patient care.   

The state government of Victoria was found to be the biggest COVID-19-related ad spender during the pandemic.