medical devices

Worker cleaning medical equipment.
Success

Gen Z can earn $70,000 a year and enter the AI-proof medical field without a college degree—all they have to do is learn how to sterilize surgical equipment

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April 18, 2025
The DOGE-fueled firing of AI experts at the FDA endangers lives and worsens the hospital crisis
Commentary

The DOGE-fueled firing of AI experts at the FDA endangers lives and worsens the hospital crisis

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February 27, 2025
The outside of the FDA headquarters
Politics

FDA scrambles to rehire entire teams overseeing medical devices after DOGE cut them, saying their terminations are ‘rescinded effective immediately’

By Matthew Perrone and The Associated Press
February 24, 2025
Photo of Robeauté cofounders Bertrand Duplat, left, and Joana Cortocci, sitting at a table in what looks like a bar or restaurant.
Tech

Exclusive: Startup pioneering tiny robots that can travel inside the brain gets $28 million in new venture funding

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January 13, 2025
Amazon's Echo Spot device

A man with ALS can control Amazon’s Alexa with his mind using a brain implant

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September 16, 2024
A.I. can radically lengthen your lifespan, says futurist Ray Kurzweil. Here’s how
Aging Well

A.I. can radically lengthen your lifespan, says futurist Ray Kurzweil. Here’s how

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June 25, 2024
Medical supply company Medline is recalling 1.5 million portable adult bed rails following 2 reports of entrapment deaths
Health

Medical supply company Medline is recalling 1.5 million portable adult bed rails following 2 reports of entrapment deaths

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May 31, 2024
Forget the nurse call button. Patients now stay connected by wearing one
Health

Forget the nurse call button. Patients now stay connected by wearing one

By Phil Galewitz and KFF Health News
May 6, 2024
Philips
Health

Philips to settle hundreds of defective sleep apnea machine lawsuits for $1.1 billion

By Matthew Perrone and The Associated Press
April 29, 2024
Roy Jakobs, chief executive officer of Royal Philips NV
Retail

Philips shares jump resulting in a $28.9 billion valuation as the Dutch company agrees $1.1 billion legal settlement over sleep apnoea devices

By Cagan Koc and Bloomberg
April 29, 2024
My 2-year-old daughter needed a pacemaker. That spurred me to engineer a virtual heart, and now customized 3D simulations are saving lives
Commentary

My 2-year-old daughter needed a pacemaker. That spurred me to engineer a virtual heart, and now customized 3D simulations are saving lives

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April 11, 2024
Ten doctors on FDA panel reviewing Abbott heart device had financial ties with company
Health

Ten doctors on FDA panel reviewing Abbott heart device had financial ties with company

By Holly K. Hacker, David Hilzenrath and KFF Health News
April 8, 2024
Weight-loss drugs are impacting everything from snack portion sizes to stomach surgery numbers as corporate America adjusts to them
Finance

Weight-loss drugs are impacting everything from snack portion sizes to stomach surgery numbers as corporate America adjusts to them

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November 13, 2023
A picture of John Elkann talking
Tech

Philips gets $2.84 billion boost from the billionaire family that controls Ferrari and Juventus

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August 14, 2023
Jessie Becker Alexander
Features

A device that could save the lives of thousands of new mothers earned a startup a $240 million exit. Its 11-year journey to market shows how gender biases are holding back women’s health

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December 28, 2022

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