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New data published in JMIR outlines encouraging results from a modified version of the text-based chatbot app.

People between the ages of 18 and 24 saw the most variation in sleep during the early months of the pandemic.

The pilot study in north-east England will pioneer a personalised medicine approach.

Investors have showered the New York company with $876 million to date.

 The digital cardiology platform is designed to give patients a comprehensive, equitable and accessible way to manage hypertension and heart disease.  

This week's top stories include Amazon expanding its Amazon Care telehealth services, Doctor on Demand and Grand Rounds forming a virtual healthcare company, and the Biden administration releasing $12 billion for COVID-19 testing and treatments.

As of last July, developers of digital health apps (DiGA) in Germany could no longer host sensitive personal data on American cloud servers. Dr Philipp Kircher from the Health Innovation Hub reveals what startups and cloud providers may think.  

Security must be "fundamentally and foundationally embedded" into a digital transformation, and not just bolted on, says Troy Ament, field CISO of healthcare/pharma at Fortinet.