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Former US first lady Dr Jill Biden visited Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Imperial College London to explore work on women’s health and antimicrobial resistance. The visit was hosted by professor the Lord Darzi of Denham, who chairs the Fleming Initiative and directs Imperial’s Institute of Global Health Innovation. Dr Biden, chair of the [...]

First-time mothers using the Baby2Home app for a year after birth reported fewer symptoms of stress, depression and anxiety than those receiving usual postpartum care. The study found women randomised to the app reported better overall health than first-time mothers who received usual care alone. Baby2Home is a digital tool to help new [...]

By Katrina Zalcmane, co-founder | partnerships and growth, Véa The global corporate wellness market reached US$70.65 billion in 2024 and is projected to hit US$128 billion by 2033 - Europe leads the charge, capturing over 39.5 per cent of market share. Meanwhile, femtech investment hit US$2.2 billion in 2024, representing 8.5 per cent of all [...]

Agilent has FDA approval for a test to identify ovarian cancer patients who may be eligible for immunotherapy. Agilent's PD-L1 IHC 22C3 pharmDx is the only FDA-approved companion diagnostic to help identify patients with epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal carcinoma whose tumours express PD-L1 and who may be eligible for treatment with KEYTRUDA, [...]

By Chaitra Vedullapalli, founder and president, Women in Cloud Today’s leaders are carrying more than responsibilities. They are carrying caregiving roles, financial pressures, legal complexities, and the quiet emotional weight of sustaining performance in unpredictable times. And yet, most leadership forums still focus on productivity, growth, and scale, rarely addressing the human systems that enable [...]

Breakthroughs in cancer care don’t only come from large institutions or fully funded labs. They also come from determined individuals, small teams, early-stage founders, clinicians with an idea, researchers testing a new approach, technologists building smarter tools and advocates redesigning how care is delivered. If you're building something that could change how we prevent, detect, [...]

Digital diagnostics company Medichecks has acquired specialist menopause health platform and clinic My Menopause Centre. The deal is part of Medichecks’ move into clinical services and follows its earlier purchase of Leger Clinic, creating what the company describes as a hormone health offering for women and men across the UK. Medichecks and My Menopause Centre [...]

Menopause specialist Dr Mary Claire Haver has been appointed as the first chief agewell officer at virtual care clinic Midi Health. In the role, Dr Haver will work with Midi's clinical team to develop the AgeWell platform, described as a proactive health model that integrates perimenopause and menopausal care with metabolic health, bone density, brain [...]

Women’s Health Week USA 2026 has unveiled its first populated agenda, anchored by an opening keynote from Kate Ryder, Founder and CEO of Maven Clinic, and featuring a cross-sector lineup shaping the next phase of scale in women’s health. You can view the full agenda here. Taking place May 13–14, 2026, at the New York [...]

Nearly 70 per cent of NHS regions in England fund only one IVF cycle for women under 40, breaking national guidelines, new research has found. Twenty-nine of the 42 integrated care boards, which control local NHS budgets, now offer only one round of treatment, after four reduced access in the past year. National [...]