YouTube opens a verification program for licensed healthcare professionals, adding panels to videos marking them as reliable sources of health information (Nicole Wetsman/The Verge)

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE:
Google Cloud launches Medical Imaging Suite, a tool set for healthcare professionals that uses AI to scan medical images with faster and more accurate diagnoses  —  Google Cloud is bringing its expertise in vision-based artificial intelligence to the healthcare industry with the launch of its new Medical Imaging Suite today.

Justine Calma / The Verge:
Google says that it has, for the first time, licensed its AI research model for breast cancer screening to a medical company, iCAD, looking to deploy it in 2024  —  Google announced today that it has licensed its AI research model for breast cancer screening to medical technology company iCAD.

Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with the CEO of Clearwater Compliance, a health care-focused cybersecurity firm, on HIPAA, ransomware attacks, medical IoT device vulnerabilities, and more  —  Ransomware attacks still plague our healthcare system.  Steve Cagle’s cybersecurity company is trying to prevent them.

Dan Primack / Axios:
Sources: Google Ventures has shelved its algorithm that for years had served as a gatekeeper for new investments  —  Google Ventures has mothballed an algorithm that for years had served as a gatekeeper for new investments, Axios has learned from multiple sources.

Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube’s Q3 ad revenue dropped 1.9% YoY to $7.07B, below expectations of $7.42B and marking YouTube’s slowest ad growth in at least two years  —  Overall, Alphabet, Google’s parent company, also came in below analyst estimates.  The company posted revenue of $69.1 billion and earnings per share of $1.06 for Q3.

Emily Olsen / MobiHealthNews:
Miami-based Brave Health, a Medicaid-focused virtual mental health care provider, raised a $40M Series C, bringing its total funding to $60M  —  The company announced a $10 million Series B raise last year.  —  Virtual mental health company Brave Health scooped up $40 million in a Series C funding round led by Town Hall Ventures.