Upstart Impacts has opened applications for a women's health accelerator offering free commercialisation support to 10 early-stage biotech and medtech companies. 🔗 Full story: buff.ly/KLcbsl4 #WomensHealth #Femtech #HealthInnovation #StartupAccelerator #WomenInHealthcare

The WHO has launched a framework with the first set of priority indicators to track extreme heat risks for pregnant women, newborns and children. 🔗 Full story: buff.ly/vwYFjOS #ExtremeHeat #MaternalHealth #WomensHealth #ClimateHealth #Pregnancy

A survey of HR professionals found that 42 per cent reported no clear approach to workplace menopause concerns, despite greater openness among employees. 🔗 Full story: buff.ly/G8VSiGr #Menopause #WorkplaceMenopause #WomensHealth #EmployeeWellbeing #HR

A global trial will test whether bromocriptine can reduce deaths and complications in women with pregnancy-related heart failure. 🔗 Full story: buff.ly/j9Z3I2r #MaternalHealth #MaternalMortality #HeartFailure #WomensHealth #ClinicalResearch

Femasys has partnered with SandsRx Pharmacy to support the launch of its FemaSeed fertility treatment in obstetrics and gynaecology practices. 🔗 Full story: buff.ly/of7visD #Femasys #SandsRxPharmacy #FertilityTreatment #WomensHealth #Femtech

HSBC Innovation Banking has joined eight other founding partners of FemTick, an accreditation scheme aimed at fairer treatment of women's health businesses. 🔗 Full story: buff.ly/LjmFXpk #Femtech #WomensHealth #FemTick #HealthInnovation #GenderBias

ADHD medications may improve self-reported menopause brain fog, but a new review found little or no significant benefit in tests measuring cognitive performance. 🔗 Full story: buff.ly/UKqoe2I #Menopause #BrainFog #ADHD #WomensHealth #MenopauseResearch

Dotplot and John Bell & Croyden are inviting women to breast health focus groups in London on 28 and 29 October 2026 to help shape new technology. 🔗 Full story: buff.ly/FC3Rovc #BreastHealth #BreastCancerAwareness #Femtech #WomensHealth #HealthInnovation

Researchers have secured £800,000 to use AI to study breast cancer recurrence, focusing on why some oestrogen receptor-positive tumours return years after treatment. 🔗 Full story: buff.ly/Mt2mw79 #BreastCancer #WomensHealth #CancerResearch #ArtificialIntelligence #BreastCancerAwareness

A small study suggests AI and VR could improve access to menopause therapy, although it has not shown whether the technology reduces symptoms. 🔗 Full story: buff.ly/v3LeepT #Menopause #WomensHealth #VirtualReality #ArtificialIntelligence #MenopauseResearch

Vespexx Inc., the AI femtech company behind Soonr, has been named a finalist in the Digital Health Hub Foundation Digital Health & AI Awards 2026 at HLTH, in the Rising Star track, Women’s & Family Health category. 🔗 Full story: buff.ly/Ehp0xOI #Soonr #Femtech #DigitalHealth #FertilityTech #WomensHealth

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order creating an NIH women's health division and a White House task force. 🔗 Full story: buff.ly/hJixbCw #WomensHealth #NIH #TrumpAdministration #HealthPolicy #MedicalResearch

An Australian trial will test whether yoga and walking can ease endometriosis pain, with more than 350 women already registering interest. 🔗 Full story: buff.ly/DdWpkd6 #Endometriosis #WomensHealth #ExerciseResearch #PainManagement #Femtech

Up to 20 maternity units in England may need to close or change their role to keep mothers and babies safe, an NHS leader has warned. 🔗 Full story: buff.ly/KDmUjMZ #MaternityCare #NHS #WomensHealth #MaternalHealth #PatientSafety

Unravel Health has raised €2.96m to develop a home hormone device designed to measure multiple hormones from a saliva sample in minutes. 🔗 Full story: buff.ly/gIyFlFR #UnravelHealth #HormoneTracking #Femtech #WomensHealth #HealthTech

Collective X Health has launched with US$3.2m in pre-seed funding to expand its women’s health data platform and support further research. 🔗 Full story: buff.ly/dgohb8l #WomensHealth #Femtech #CollectiveXHealth #HealthTech #StartupFunding

Allara has raised US$30m to develop AI tools, expand access to women’s healthcare and fund research, bringing its total funding to US$75m. 🔗 Full story: buff.ly/0NCHSp6 #Allara #WomensHealth #Femtech #HealthcareInvestment #DigitalHealth

Hers has launched a clinician-led hair loss service for women in the UK, offering online assessments and personalised treatment plans. 🔗 Full story: buff.ly/NvilciC #WomensHealth #FemaleHairLoss #HersHair #DigitalHealth #HairLossTreatment

Advances in ultrasound technology mean some major fetal abnormalities can be identified far earlier than the current NHS screening pathway anticipates. So why does routine structural screening still centre on the 20-week scan? Our latest blog, published in partnership with London Pregnancy Clinic, explores the potential of earlier screening, the challenges around workforce and training, and what needs to change to make it more accessible. 🔗 Full story: buff.ly/pxaiUsE #Femtech #WomensHealth #HealthTech #Pregnancy

Femtech startups can apply for up to US$100,000 in funding, with selected companies also receiving 12 months of technical mentorship and access to UNICEF’s global network. 🔗 Full story: buff.ly/LXqoNlm #FemTech #WomensHealth #StartupFunding #UNICEF #WomenEntrepreneurs