The Prevent Cancer Foundation has released the results of a survey conducted with 2000+ women and people assigned female at birth in the U.S, that shows that women are skipping cancer screenings during the pandemic. 90% of women say when local pandemic restrictions were lifted, they engaged in normal activities, such as visiting family and friends, dining out and shopping, but only 48%…
The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) Board of Directors is has announced the appointment of Heidi Collins Fantasia, PhD, RN, WHNP-BC, FNAP, as Editor of AWHONN’s journal ‘Nursing for Women’s Health’ and Tiffany M. Montgomery, PhD, MSHP, RNC-OB, as Associate Editor. “Dr. Fantasia’s strong record of scholarship and mentorship of other nurse scholars, as well as her extensive experience with NWH as an author, peer reviewer, column editor, and…
Babyscripts, the virtual care platform for managing obstetrics has raised $12 million in the first close of its Series B funding. The investment is led by MemorialCare Innovation Fund, a strategic healthcare investment company, and will focus on the roll out of Babyscripts Virtual Maternity Care solution to providers across the US, as well as the development of care models specifically targeted…
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Reponsum creates and manages disease-specific, patient knowledge and community building apps in collaboration with pharmaceutical companies. Since entering the market in 2019, the company has launched four platforms, one of them targeting uterine fibroid patients. The company is now giving its users (any anyone else) the opportunity to invest and has started a crowd-investing campaign on Republic aiming to raise $25K, which…
Virtual Fertility Clinic Apricity has appointed gynaecologist and obstetrician Dr. Luca Sabatini as the company’s new Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Sabatini will work alongside the founders to help implement Apricity’s clinical strategy. Apricity wants to address some of the greatest challenges in fertility through technology. The appointment of Dr. Sabatini comes as Apricity experiences rapid growth, with an expansion into Spain planned…
Peanut, the social networking app popular among new moms, has announced new features and plans to add support for women going through menopause. The company is launching a new community for menopause, perimenopause and postmenopause. Women who join the Peanut Menopause community can join discussion groups to ask questions and get advice, or join live audio conversations in “Peanut Pods”, the app’s…
The company behind Flo, the app for period and cycle tracking, today announced it closed $50M in a Series B financing, bringing the total capital raised to $65M and company valuation to $800M. VNV Global and Target Global led the round. Flo will use the latest funding to enhance personalization and provide users with advanced cycle insights and symptom patterns to help…
