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Google is still 'all in' on health care: Chief health officer Karen DeSalvo

By CNBC
| October 25, 2021

Alphabet’s Google is "still all in on health," according to its chief health officer, despite the demise of its recent attempt at a formalized business unit for the health-care sector. The tech giant founded Google Health in 2018 and at one point grew it to 500 employees, but dissolved the unit in August.

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