Digital Health

Google Fit will launch new features in March that will let users measure heart rate and respiratory rate with the Pixel phone's camera.

Amazon recently launched a feature for its Alexa voice assistant that lets users search for places to get a COVID-19 test, CNBC reports. 

Cleveland Clinic will provide cardiac care to Carrum Health patients through a new partnership with the digital health company.

AARP sent a letter Feb. 3 to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce detailing its members' frustrations with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout process, including their struggles to interact with online vaccination registration systems.

Apple researchers worked with 15 scientists to design a system within the Apple Watch that tracks Parkinson's disease symptoms, according to research published Feb. 3 in Science Translational Medicine, which is published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Direct-to-consumer DNA testing company 23andMe entered a merger agreement Feb. 4 with VG Acquisition Corp., venture capital investment company Virgin Group's acquisition arm. 

Zocdoc will provide the main platform Chicago residents use to schedule their COVID-19 vaccinations, the company announced Feb. 2.

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated innovation at hospitals across the country by forcing them to adopt new, digitally focused ways of delivering care, paving the way for further tech-enabled improvements after the pandemic subsides.

Google Cloud will integrate its machine learning technology into the cervical cancer diagnostic screening system of Marlborough, Mass.-based medical technology company Hologic.

The Department of Veterans Affairs inked a partnership with AT&T to roll out 5G technologies across the VA Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle, according to a Feb. 2 news release.