False positives with Apple Watch could tie up health resourc...

Apple’s latest ad campaign for its Apple Watch makes much of its ability to monitor health functions – but researchers are concerned it may encourage people to seek medical attention premat

Amazon enters health wearables market with Halo service

Amazon has launched a fitness band, app and subscription service – called Halo – that promises to look after both your body and mind.

UK confirms it will drop NHSX contact-tracing app

The UK government has given up on its troubled coronavirus contact-tracing app and will instead develop a new one based on a platform developed by Apple and Google.

Despite app delay, Johnson says UK will have ‘world-beating’...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has insisted that the UK’s contact tracing will be in place next month, but the NHS’ smartphone app will only play a minor role at that time.

J&J's Apple Watch-based atrial fibrillation study recruits p...

Apple and Johnson & Johnson have begun enrolling patients in a study that will investigate whether the Apple Watches could be used to detect early signs of atrial fibrillation (AFib).

Apple launches Research app, along with three health studies