Medtronic’s New Smart MDI System Merges Insulin Pen and CGM Data Into One Dashboard
The FDA cleared Medtronic's MiniMed Go Smart Multiple Daily Injection (MDI) system in January 2026, a move that folds two...
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Humana Rolls Out Google Gemini-Powered ‘Agent Assist’ to 20,000 Call-Center Workers Handling 80 Million Calls a Year
Humana has begun rolling out a Google Cloud-built AI tool called Agent Assist across its member service operation, aiming to...
Georgia Passes Law Requiring a Human to Review Every AI-Flagged Insurance Denial Before It Takes Effect
Georgia lawmakers have moved to put a legal backstop between algorithms and patients' medical coverage. Senate Bill 444, sponsored by...
UpDoc Becomes First Company to Win FDA Clearance for a Patient-Facing AI Chatbot That Manages Insulin Doses
For the first time, the Food and Drug Administration has cleared a piece of software built around a large language...
Northwestern Engineers Print Artificial Neurons That Actually Talk to Living Brain Cells
Engineers at Northwestern University reported on April 15, 2026, in the journal Nature Nanotechnology that they have printed artificial neurons...
AI Software Spotted Breast Cancers Up to Three Years Before Radiologists Caught Them, New Study Finds
A retrospective study presented at the Society of Breast Imaging Symposium in Seattle, held April 16 to 19, 2026, found...
Oura Built Its Own AI Model Just for Women’s Health, Then Expanded It to Cover Menopause and Birth Control
Oura, maker of the popular smart ring, launched its first proprietary artificial intelligence model built specifically for women's health on...
Deep Origin’s AI Drug Discovery Platform Hits Nearly 100x the Industry Hit Rate on a Cancer Immunotherapy Target
Deep Origin, a computational biology company building AI tools for drug discovery, announced in mid-August 2026 that its platform delivered...
CVS Wins Newsweek AI Award for LLM Tool That Reads Prescriptions Across 9,000 Pharmacies
CVS Health picked up a 2026 Newsweek AI Impact Award in May, recognized in the AI Health Care category for...
Seattle Fire Used AI to Screen Every 911 Medical Call for Years Without Telling the Public, Report Finds
Every 911 medical call placed in Seattle since December 2023 has been run through an AI system that dispatchers never...
