From Buzzword to Lifesaver
Once dismissed as another healthcare buzzword, syndromic monitoring has proven its value in real-world scenarios. At its core, it captures early health signals—like symptom trends or provider impressions—and analyzes them in near real time. Rather than waiting days or weeks for lab confirmations or hospital reports, public health teams receive early alerts that support action when it matters most.
Heat Waves and the Power of Early
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Public Health
“One Health” Disease Surveillance: Why Integrated Systems Are Critical for Public Health and Economic Stability
Is our siloed approach to health surveillance creating the perfect conditions for the next pandemic?
Recent outbreaks—from avian influenza to E. coli contamination in leafy greens—highlight the urgent need for integrated disease surveillance systems. Yet, many public health surveillance systems still operate in isolation, creating dangerous blind spots in our ability to detect and respond to zoonotic diseases, antimicrobial resistance, and environmental contamination.
"The “One
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Canid Raises $10M to Streamline Pediatric Vaccine Management for Independent Practices
What You Should Know:
- Canid, the healthcare technology company dedicated to simplifying pediatric vaccine management secures $10M in Series A funding round led by Telescope Partners with participation from FJ Labs, Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, SeedtoB, and others.
- The new funding brings Canid's total capital raised to $12.9M. Canid plans to use the funding to fuel the company's expansion as it supports a growing number of independent pediatricians across the U.S.
- The
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Gates Foundation Awards Axmed $5M Grant to Boost Maternal and Child Health Procurement in Africa
What You Should Know:
- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a $5M grant to Axmed, a healthcare technology company focused on transforming how lifesaving medicines are procured across Growth Markets.
- The grant, announced on May 21, 2025, during a high-level roundtable alongside the 78th World Health Assembly, will be deployed as a matching fund to enhance the procurement of maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) commodities in Sub-Saharan Africa through
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Medisafe and EMD Serono Partner to Launch Global HIV Resource Center
What You Should Know:
- Medisafe, a global digital health platform for medication management announced a strategic collaboration with EMD Serono to launch the HIV Resource Center by Medisafe.
- The HIV Resource Center by Medisafe puts patients at the center of their care by providing personalized support, education, and proactive health monitoring.
Addressing the Challenges of HIV Management
Living with HIV can present various challenges, including managing complex
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Light AI and MrBeast Partner to Combat Strep A in Africa with AI-Powered Diagnostic Tests
What You Should Know:
- Light AI, a healthcare technology company specializing in AI-powered diagnostic solutions, today announced a partnership with MrBeast Industries to launch a Strep A test donation initiative in Africa.
- The collaboration, featured in a Beast Philanthropy video released on February 16th, 2025, aims to improve healthcare access and reduce the burden of Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) in underserved regions.
Global Impact of Strep A
Strep A, also
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California’s H5N1 Emergency Declaration Highlights Need for an Urgent National Response to Avian Flu
The H5N1 virus is spreading so rapidly among cattle in California that Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency. Sick cattle not only produce less milk, but their milk is also infected with the virus, so it cannot be sold. The US Federal government will only partially reimburse dairy producers for the losses they incur when infected cattle are removed from the herd.
The damage to the poultry industry has been even more catastrophic because while H5N1 does kill a small number of cattle
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31% of America’s Workforce and Families Have Cardiac Disorders
What You Should Know:
- A new analysis of U.S. heart health trends reveals a concerning statistic: 31% of the workforce and their families suffer from a cardiac disorder or hypertension, a major risk factor for heart disease, according to Cedar Gate Technologies.
- The analysis, based on Cedar Gate's National Healthcare Benchmark Database, examined claims data from July 2022 to June 2023, representing approximately 15 million commercially insured individuals. The analysis underscores
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ATOMIC-Meso Trial: A New Take Against Pleural Mesothelioma
Pleural mesothelioma is a type of an aggressive cancer that develops in the tissue that surrounds the lung cavity. It is known to be primarily caused by asbestos exposure. Asbestos was largely used as a material in products revolving construction, automobile, and insulation. It is apparently still used in the said products today in buildings and houses in the U.S. The clear disparity between its latency period, which generally takes decades, compared to its fatal ramifications and little chance
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Medical Home Network and Instacart Partner to Address Food Insecurity
What You Should Know:
- Medical Home Network (MHN), an organization supporting value-based care in federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) forms a collaboration with Instacart, the North American grocery technology leader, to integrate Instacart's SNAP eligibility screener into MHNConnect, its care management platform.
- The strategic partnership aims to address food insecurity among vulnerable populations and improve health outcomes.
Tackling Food Insecurity in
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