AI-Stroke's smartphone screening tool detected twice as many true stroke cases as standard paramedic checklists in a study of 2,000 emergency staff.
Pennsylvania's lawsuit against Character.AI over chatbots posing as licensed medical professionals could reshape how AI companion apps are allowed to talk about health.
A Swedish AI model that predicts molecular behavior in a fraction of the usual computing time could compress the costliest early stage of drug discovery.
UpDoc's FDA clearance for a patient-facing LLM medical device marks a regulatory first—and a test case for how far conversational AI can go in clinical care.
At WWDC 2026 Apple redesigned its Health app and rebuilt its heart-rate engine, but delayed Project Mulberry, its rumored AI health coach, saying it wanted more reliable biometric data first, even as Google's Gemini Health Coach already shipped in May.
Generate:Biomedicines has launched two global Phase III trials for GB-0895, an AI-engineered antibody for severe asthma dosed just twice a year, testing whether machine-designed biologics can clear the same bar as conventionally discovered drugs.
Genomics England's Generation Study is sequencing newborns' full genomes and using AI to sort millions of genetic variants into actionable results, catching rare treatable conditions in about 1 in 200 babies as the NHS plans a decade-long national rollout.
CMS has launched WISeR, a six-state pilot using AI to screen traditional Medicare claims for medical necessity through 2031, and while officials say it targets wasteful spending, physicians and patient advocates worry it will replicate the high overturn rates and delayed care already seen with AI-driven Medicare Advantage denials.
Catholic Health in Buffalo is using RapidAI to alert stroke teams within minutes instead of the 45 minutes diagnosis used to take, though physicians insist the AI only prioritizes cases and never replaces standard diagnostic steps.
A JAMA study of 1,800 clinicians found AI scribes saved 16 minutes of documentation time per eight-hour day, far less than vendors have promised, with benefits varying sharply by specialty and consistency of use.