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POMDOCTOR LIMITED Announces Strategic Upgrade Toward Infrastructure for Predictive Healthcare Data and Services

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GUANGZHOU, China, July 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — POMDOCTOR LIMITED (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: POM), a leading online medical services platform for chronic diseases in China, today announced a strategic upgrade, officially positioning the Company as a foundational infrastructure provider for predictive healthcare data and services.

The strategic upgrade reflects the Company’s continued evolution from a traditional online healthcare platform toward an artificial intelligence (“AI”)-enabled healthcare infrastructure provider. By integrating wearable technologies, AI, physician services, real-world healthcare data, and healthcare payment networks, POM aims to develop an intelligent healthcare ecosystem that enables predictive, continuous and personalized healthcare. The Company believes this integrated platform will support the healthcare industry’s broader transition from reactive treatment to proactive health prediction, prevention, and long-term management.

A New Strategic Positioning

Traditionally, online healthcare platforms have primarily focused on one-time consultations, fragmented healthcare data and reactive medical services delivered after symptoms appear. The business models are generally centered on consultation services and pharmaceutical fulfillment, with limited capabilities for continuous health management.

POM’s strategic upgrade reflects the Company’s ambition to move beyond the traditional online healthcare mode. Instead of providing episodic healthcare services, POM is building a predictive healthcare data and services infrastructure that supports the entire healthcare journey, from prevention and early risk identification to diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and long-term chronic disease management.

Unlike traditional platforms that rely on fragmented clinical data, POM is working to establish a continuous, dynamic and multi-dimensional healthcare data ecosystem powered by wearable technologies and real-world healthcare data. Aligned with this ecosystem, a diversified revenue business model is under development, supported by AI-powered services, healthcare data, professional medical services and ecosystem partnerships, rather than depending primarily on pharmaceutical sales.

By integrating real-time data, AI Analytics, physician intervention and healthcare payment networks, this closed-loop healthcare ecosystem enables more proactive, personalized and data-driven healthcare delivery.

Three Trends Accelerating Predictive Healthcare

POM believes the healthcare industry is approaching a significant inflection point as three long-term structural trends converge.

Growing Chronic Disease Burden

Chronic diseases continue to account for the majority of global healthcare expenditures and mortality. As populations age and healthcare costs continue to rise, traditional reactive healthcare models are becoming increasingly unsustainable, creating growing demand for continuous monitoring, early intervention, and long-term health management.

Technological Paradigm Shift

Rapid advances in artificial intelligence, wearable sensors and remote patient monitoring (“RPM”) technologies are making continuous health monitoring commercially viable. These technologies enable the collection and analysis of real-time physiological data beyond traditional clinical settings, providing the technological foundation for predictive healthcare.

Healthcare Payment System Transformation

Healthcare reimbursement models are increasingly shifting from paying for treatment toward supporting prevention, chronic disease management, and long-term health outcomes. The expanding coverage of RPM reimbursement policies is strengthening the commercial foundation for predictive healthcare while creating stronger alignment among patients, healthcare providers, and insurers.

Together, these structural trends are reshaping healthcare and creating a compelling opportunity for predictive healthcare to become the next major evolution of digital medicine.

POM’s Healthcare Intelligence Flywheel

To execute its strategic vision, POM has established a healthcare intelligence flywheel designed to continuously improve healthcare outcomes through strengthening the Company’s AI capabilities, healthcare data assets and ecosystem value.

The flywheel begins with wearable devices, which continuously collect real-world physiological data and establish personalized health profiles, creating the foundation for predictive healthcare.

These data are then processed through POM’s AI Analysis & Prediction engine, which analyzes large-scale real-world healthcare data to identify health risks, detect abnormal trends and generate predictive insights before diseases progress.

The resulting intelligence empowers physician intervention, enabling healthcare professionals to deliver more personalized recommendations, timely medical interventions and continuous health management supported by objective, real-time data.

POM further extends this ecosystem through insurance-healthcare integration, collaborating with healthcare payers to improve disease prevention, optimize healthcare resource allocation and facilitate the delivery of value-based healthcare services.

As more users join the platform, additional real-world healthcare data continuously enhances AI performance, improves healthcare services, attracts new ecosystem participants and reinforces a self-sustaining cycle of innovation and long-term growth.

Management Commentary

Mr. Zhenyang Shi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of POMDOCTOR, commented: “Healthcare is entering a new era in which continuous data, artificial intelligence and proactive intervention will fundamentally reshape the way healthcare is delivered. We believe the growing demand for chronic disease management, together with advances in AI, the widespread adoption of wearable devices, and the evolution of healthcare payment models, is creating a significant opportunity to transform healthcare from reactive treatment to predictive health management.

Our strategic upgrade reflects our long-term vision of building the infrastructure that powers predictive healthcare rather than simply providing individual healthcare services. By integrating wearable technologies, AI, physician resources, healthcare payment networks, and real-world healthcare data into one intelligent platform, we aim to create a sustainable healthcare ecosystem that delivers long-term value for patients, healthcare providers, insurers, pharmaceutical companies and shareholders.

Looking ahead, we will continue building upon our strong foundation in China while advancing our international growth strategy, with the United States representing an important next step in our global development. As we expand our technology capabilities, strategic partnerships, and healthcare ecosystem across key markets, we remain committed to making predictive healthcare more accessible worldwide and building a globally connected healthcare infrastructure for the future.”

About POMDOCTOR LIMITED

POMDOCTOR LIMITED (NASDAQ: POM) is a digital healthcare company focused on advancing AI-enabled healthcare solutions and expanding predictive healthcare capabilities. The Company leverages physician resources, wearable technologies, artificial intelligence, healthcare payment networks and real-world healthcare data to support more personalized, continuous and data-driven healthcare services. Building upon its established healthcare platform and physician network, POM is pursuing the development of a predictive healthcare data and services infrastructure designed to improve healthcare outcomes and create long-term value for patients, healthcare providers and other ecosystem participants. For more information, please visit the Company’s website: http://ir.7shiliu.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this announcement are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on the Company’s current expectations and projections about future events that the Company believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs. Investors can find many (but not all) of these statements by the use of words such as “approximates,” “believes,” “hopes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “will,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “may” or other similar expressions. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent occurring events or circumstances, or changes in its expectations, except as may be required by law. Although the Company believes that the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot assure you that such expectations will turn out to be correct, and the Company cautions investors that actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results and encourages investors to review other factors that may affect its future results in the Company’s filings with the SEC.

For more information, please contact:

POMDOCTOR LIMITED
Investor Relations Department
Email: ir@7lk.com

Ascent Investor Relations LLC
Tina Xiao
Phone: +1-646-932-7242
Email: investors@ascent-ir.com

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The CIB and partners commit $379 million to expand broadband in British Columbia

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Approximately 17,000 households to benefit from access to high-speed internet

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TORONTO, July 3, 2026 /CNW/ – The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) and TELUS Corporation (TELUS) have formalized an agreement to expand high-speed internet service across British Columbia. Under the terms of the agreement, the CIB will loan $49.3 million to TELUS, which will provide new broadband access to rural and Indigenous communities.

The new offering was developed under the provincial Connecting Communities BC program and in partnership with the Government of Canada through the Universal Broadband Fund. TELUS will be responsible for all aspects of construction, installation, operations and maintenance of the new broadband service.

The project involves deployment of backbone and last‑mile broadband infrastructure with fibre‑to‑the‑home, allowing high-speed internet access to more than 17,000 underserved households in rural municipalities, including approximately 380 Indigenous households.

Broadband service is critical to Canadians’ daily lives. It is essential for our quality of life, connecting us to business, healthcare, education and to family and friends.

The CIB’s concessional financing will allow broadband connectivity to expand at a quicker pace while enabling Indigenous and rural customers to benefit from the same services as urban counterparts.

This investment partnership represents the second collaboration between the CIB and TELUS to expand high-speed internet service in Canada.

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The CIB’s loan will help bring reliable, high-speed internet to underserved rural and Indigenous communities across British Columbia and improves project viability in regions where fibre optic connectivity is costly. Our work helps close the connectivity gap in communities so Canadians can fully participate in the digital world, with access to the services, opportunities and connections that come with it.

Ehren Cory, CEO, Canada Infrastructure Bank

Through the continued partnership with the Canada Infrastructure Bank, the Government of Canada, and the Government of British Columbia, TELUS is proud to expand our TELUS PureFibre network to rural and Indigenous communities across BC. This investment ensures families, schools, governments, and businesses–wherever they are–can connect, learn, grow and thrive in a digital world. Together we are building a more equitable, stronger, more connected Canada.

Liz Wong, Vice-President, National Network Planning, TELUS    

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Media Advisory – Minister Hodgson to make significant mining announcement

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TRAIL, BC, July 3, 2026 /CNW/ – The Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, will make a critical minerals announcement. Media availability will follow.

Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Time: 12 p.m. PT

All accredited media are asked to pre-register by 6 pm ET on Monday, July 6, 2026 by emailing media@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca. Details on how to participate will be provided upon registration.

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U.S. Gambling Industry Spent 8.7x More on Celebrity Endorsements Than on Responsible Gambling Communications in 2025, 5W Research Division Finds.

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$520 million on celebrity and athlete partnerships. $60 million on responsible gambling programs and communications. The ratio is now appearing in ESG ratings, legislative testimony, and AI search citations. 

MIAMI, July 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The 5W Research Division today released the 5W Responsible Gambling Communications Audit 2026 — a 24-month industry analysis examining how the U.S. gambling industry communicates about responsible gambling and what that communications posture is costing in regulatory, ESG, and AI-search outcomes. 

The audit reviewed 30 operators across sports betting, online casino & iGaming, and land-based casino. Data sources included 47,000+ earned media articles, 180+ ESG disclosures and 10-K filings, 240+ state regulator filings, and 2,400+ AI engine queries across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews. 

The U.S. gambling industry spent $3.9 billion on marketing and advertising in 2025. Of that: 

$520 million went to celebrity and athlete endorsement partnerships.$60 million went to responsible gambling programs and communications.Ratio: 8.7 to 1 — the highest of any regulated American consumer category with a public-health dimension.

For context: U.S. tobacco’s ratio is below 1.5-to-1 post-Master Settlement. Alcohol is approximately 4-to-1. Pharmaceuticals run near 1-to-1 under FDA-mandated risk communication. 

Six headline findings: 

The 8.7-to-1 Ratio. No publicly traded operator surveyed has issued a specific defense in investor communications.Earned Media Underinvestment. $90M on earned media against $3.9B total — 2.3%. 34% of branded search results are not operator-controlled.ESG Disclosure Gap. Only 4 of 12 publicly traded operators disclose RG investment as a percentage of marketing spend.Regulator Communications Asymmetry. In 11 of 38 legal markets, state gaming commissioners receive proactive RG communications from fewer than three operators per year.The AI Citation Gap. BetMGM cited in 78% and DraftKings in 64% of AI responses for strongest RG programs. Six other major operators are cited in fewer than 20%.The Pre-Legalization Penalty. In Michigan, Ohio, and North Carolina, operators that published RG content in state media before legalization achieved faster regulatory approval.

The 5W RG Communications Index scored each operator on a 100-point scale. Top performers: MGM Resorts International (81/100), BetMGM Sportsbook (78/100), BetMGM Casino (74/100), DraftKings (71/100), FanDuel (66/100). Bottom performers: Las Vegas Sands (41/100), ESPN Bet (38/100), Fanatics Sportsbook (34/100), bet365 (29/100), Stake.us (22/100). 

“The gambling industry has built the most visible advertising ecosystem in American consumer marketing in five years. It has not built the credibility infrastructure to match it,” said Ronn Torossian, Founder and Chairman of 5W. “The 8.7-to-1 ratio is no longer a marketing department metric. It is a capital markets metric. It is in Sustainalytics. It is in MSCI. It is in legislative testimony in California, Texas, and Florida. And it is in the answer ChatGPT gives a parent who asks which sportsbook is safe for their kid in college.” 

The audit recommends five communications investments to close the gap: disclose RG investment as a percentage of marketing spend, build owned-media RG content the AI engines can cite, establish executive visibility on RG topics outside crisis windows, engage regulators proactively in pre-legalization markets, and reallocate 3–5 percentage points of marketing budget toward earned media at parity with celebrity partnerships — representing $117M to $195M redirected at industry scale. 

The full audit is available free at 5wpr.com/research/responsible-gambling-audit-2026/.

About 5W 

5W is the AI Communications Firm, building brand authority across the platforms where decisions now happen — ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews — alongside earned media, digital, and influencer channels. 5W combines public relations, digital marketing, Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), and proprietary AI visibility research to help clients measure and grow their presence in AI-driven buyer research. Founded in 2003, 5W is recognized as a Top U.S. PR Agency by O’Dwyer’s, named Agency of the Year in the American Business Awards®, honored as a 2026 Top Place to Work in Communications by Ragan, and named to Digiday’s WorkLife Employer of the Year list. 5W serves clients across B2C sectors — Beauty & Fashion, Consumer Brands, Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Health & Wellness, Travel & Hospitality, Technology, and Nonprofit — and B2B specialties including Corporate Communications, Reputation Management, Public Affairs, Crisis Communications, and Digital Marketing across Social, Influencer, Paid Media, GEO, and SEO. Learn more at 5wpr.com.

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