What it’s like to get COVID-19 while fully vaccinated

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Welcome to Insider Healthcare. I'm Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer, and today in healthcare news:

• See the pitch deck Swift Medical used to raise $35 million for its approach to wound care;
• We spoke to fully vaccinated people who got COVID-19 about what it was like to have a breakthrough infection;
• At a Stat event, Eli Lilly's CEO shared the company's plans to treat obesity with an experimental diabetes medication.

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See the presentation Swift Medical, a 3D imaging startup for wound care, used to raise $35 million

• Swift Medical has an app that uses AI and 3D imaging to remotely manage wound care.
• The app was primarily designed for nurses and clinicians caring for chronic-wound patients.

See the presentation that the cofounder and CEO Carlo Perez used to raise $35 million>>

Fully vaccinated people who got COVID-19 describe their mild symptoms, and their relief that they'd gotten a shot

• The COVID-19 vaccines are extremely effective, but a rare few vaccinated people have gotten sick.
• "Breakthrough" infections are typically mild and might be less contagious than regular cases.
• To completely prevent infections, more of the population needs to get vaccinated.

Here's what it's like>>

Eli Lilly's CEO is betting its experimental diabetes drug could transform how we treat obesity

• Eli Lilly's CEO thinks tirzepatide, an experimental diabetes treatment, could also treat obesity.
• In a clinical trial, people with diabetes who received tirzepatide lost on average 25 pounds.
• There are few effective weight-loss drugs available.

Get the full story>>

More stories we're reading:

• How 4 of the US's most vaccinated counties got shots to more than 70% of their residents (Insider)
• Deaths from drug overdoses jumped by nearly 30% in 2020 to more than 93,000 (Washington Post)
• South Korea bans fast-paced music in gyms and limits treadmill speeds to a walk as COVID-19 cases soar (Insider)
• Stat grilled acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock about the agency's controversial Alzheimer's approval (Stat News)

- Lydia