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The nine-figure deal is set to close before the midpoint of 2021.

The companies' $2.1 billion deal was announced in late 2019, but delayed by regulatory concerns.

Also: Papa expands its services to all 50 states. Guided audio walks may be coming to Apple Watch.

The tech company elaborated on its established digital health and wellness vision while improvising with the demands of an unexpected pandemic. 

The regulator imposed a series of requirements for the tech companies that must be followed for at least 10 years.

The update allows Apple's wearable to provide the measurement during low-intensity workouts.

Newly published data from Scripps' DETECT study included data from 30,529 device owners, although only 333 of those who were symptomatic also provided their COVID-19 testing results.

British integrated optics solutions company Rockley Photonics have raised $50 million in growth funding led by Credit Suisse-backed SIG-i Capital and the venture capital arm of Applied Materials Inc., Applied Ventures, LLC. The optics solutions provider also received backing from deep-tech VCs, institutional funds, strategic investors and existing shareholders.

It takes roughly seven patients presenting after an abnormal pulse alert to establish one clinically actionable cardiovascular diagnosis, according to the researchers' chart review.

Apple has included for the first time in its Apple Watch Series 6 a blood oxygenation sensor. In this video, HIMSS Media Editor in Chief Jonah Comstock demonstrates how the new health tracking feature works.