Walgreens and VillageMD have expanded their primary care offerings to Illinois with the opening of a new Village Medical at Walgreens primary care practice.

Optum Ventures and Blue Cross of Idaho were among the backers of an $8 million funding round for Endear Health, a digital engagement platform specializing in value-based care. 

Walmart Healthcare Research Institute is seeking a director of operations and implementation. 

Amazon's One Medical cut the ribbon on its first Connecticut location in Darien as the group partners with Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare, CT Insider reported Aug. 8.

VillageMD's Summit Health opened a new 30,000-square-foot multispeciality healthcare center in New York, continuing its rapid growth.

Amazon partnered with Maven Clinic to provide women's healthcare services for the company's employees in 50 countries outside of the U.S. and Canada.

Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia sent a letter to Google executives on Aug. 8 expressing concerns about Med-PaLM 2, an AI chatbot created by the company that is currently being used and tested by hospitals and health systems including Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic. 

Amazon recently expanded its new telehealth service nationwide, putting hospitals and health systems on alert that the tech giant is going all in on virtual care.

Amazon is adding leadership to its health industry team focused on genomics.

Walgreens Boots Alliance sold shares of AmerisourceBergen to generate $1.85 billion in initial proceeds and pay down debt.

Amazon is continuing its push into the healthcare sector with two major strategic initiatives launched in recent weeks.

Apple continues to aggressively hire for healthcare jobs focused on enhancing the health features of its devices. 

Verily, the precision health technology company associated with Alphabet, has named Andrew Trister, MD, PhD, former founding member of Apple's Health team, as its new chief scientific officer. 

Amazon Clinic, Amazon's virtual care offering, isn't providing telehealth services to customers; instead, it works to connect patients with providers such as Curai Health, Hello Alpha, SteadyMD and Wheel, CNBC reported Aug. 1. 

Google recently posted several job openings related to its health business. Below are three open positions as of Aug. 1:

Amazon is launching its virtual care platform, Amazon Clinic, across all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Amazon Web Services said it will make tweaks to its new clinical documentation tool, AWS HealthScribe, based on feedback to ensure it is working "at scale," CNBC reported July 26.  

Apple has filed a patent for technology that would allow AirPods to track brain activity in another move in the healthcare wearables race for the tech giant.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has named Manmohan Mahajan its new interim global chief financial officer, as its current executive vice president and global chief financial officer, James Kehoe, is set to leave the company in August. 

IBM is collaborating with the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy to build a new digital platform that can bring visibility to the drug supply chain.