Apple & Google will have to tighten health app requirements, say researchers

New laws mean any App Stores that include health or medical apps must be more rigorous gatekeepers — and perhaps should not distribute its own apps.Apple has already rejected health apps, at times facing lawsuits because of it, but researchers published in 'Nature' magazine journal say it — and Google — ought to be doing much more.'As a result of changes to EU law which came into effect in May 2021,' write the researchers in their paper, 'they must now ensure that apps are compliant with medical devices regulation and to inform authorities of serious incidents arising from their use.' Read more...