Fertility startup Inito has raised US$29m in Series B to scale its at-home diagnostics platform and develop AI-designed antibodies. The funding round was led by Bertelsmann...
Denmark will compensate Greenlandic Indigenous women and girls for forced contraception, with payouts of 300,000 kroner (about £35,000) each, after decades of practices by health authorities....
Mismanaged heavy bleeding care is costing the NHS millions each year, a new analysis suggests. Experts say thousands of patients could be treated earlier in the...
Telling women their breast density after screening was linked to higher anxiety and confusion than no notification, an Australian study suggests. Breast density is the proportion...
Milken Institute has launched the Women’s Health Network digital platform with Velir x Brooklyn Data to speed collaboration and investment across research, care and technology. The...
As 2025 comes to a close, our editor reflects on some of the key stories, trends and milestones in femtech over the last 12 months. This...
Long-term heart disease risk among women with uterine fibroids is more than 80 per cent higher than in those without, according to a new study. Fibroids...
A sperm donor carrying a cancer-linked TP53 mutation fathered at least 197 children across Europe, a cross-border investigation has found. Some children have already died and,...
Femtech World explores the latest research developments in the world of women’s health. Fertility treatments linked to higher mutations than natural conception Mice that were conceived...
Ten FemTech innovations have been chosen for Accelerating FemTech: Evaluate, led by Health Innovation South London and DigitalHealth.London with UK partners. The accelerator, part of the...
A new AI model can predict a person’s risk of developing breast cancer up to five years in advance by analysing mammograms. The technology could make...
UK couples undergoing IVF are exploiting a legal loophole to rank embryos based on genetic predictions of IQ, height and health, a Guardian investigation has revealed. The screening...
Women across England have received “unacceptable” maternity care leading to tragic outcomes, according to a new national investigation report. Baroness Valerie Amos, who is leading the...
Intermountain Health has partnered with Testmate Health, investing to expand access to rapid, low-cost STI tests in at-risk communities beyond traditional labs. STIs often go undetected,...
By Wolfgang Hackl, CEO, OncoGenomX Inc., Allschwil, Switzerland In women’s health, “free” digital tools occupy an especially sensitive space. Period trackers, fertility apps, pregnancy platforms, menopause...
Most Americans are unaware that midwives provide women’s healthcare beyond pregnancy and birth, a new survey has found. The survey of 1,006 Americans found that 93...
Women with high psychosocial stress show early heart changes linked to cardiovascular disease, with no similar association in men, a recent study has found. The findings...
Planned birth at term reduces the incidence of pre-eclampsia in high-risk women without increasing emergency caesarean rates or neonatal unit admissions, a trial has found. The...
Ancient genes combined with exposure to modern chemicals may help explain why some women develop endometriosis, new research suggests. The study found six genetic variants that...
Trial Library has raised US$10m Series A to expand its platform connecting patients in community clinics with trial access. The AI platform links patients to studies...
