ClassPass owner merges with EGYM, Clue scores new fundings, Cancer survivorship improve

January 16, 2026: Your daily rundown of health and wellness news, in under 5 minutes.

Today's top stories:

• EGYM merges with Playlist (Mindbody and ClassPass parent) to create $7.5B platform backed by $785M, turning fragmented fitness tools into unified OS

• Verdane makes largest-ever investment in Clue a women's health and period tracking app with100M+ global downloads

• Ultrahuman partners with Click Therapeutics to launch migraine tool integrating wearable data with digital therapeutics

• Cancer survival rate hits historic 70% with survivors expected to exceed 22M by 2035, creating new demand for long-term survivorship care

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