A WHO/Europe report finds 74% of EU member states now use AI for medical diagnostics and 63% use patient-facing chatbots, but warns that workforce training on AI's limits is lagging just as EU AI Act transparency rules for medical devices take effect on August 2, 2026.
Ahead of a possible October IPO that could value it near $2 trillion, Anthropic is telling investors its healthcare and life-sciences push is central to its future — and to fixing public wariness of AI.
An APA survey of 1,242 psychologists found over 75 percent have patients discussing AI in therapy, with 93 percent expressing concern about chatbot use even as many acknowledged some patients feel supported by it.
Oura's Ring 5, shipping June 4, 2026, is 40 percent smaller and adds AI-driven Health Radar blood-pressure monitoring, GLP-1 Insights, and AI meal-tracking features starting at $399.
A new study presented at the 2026 International Stroke Conference found Viz.ai's platform cut door-in-door-out transfer time for large vessel occlusion stroke patients by 44% at a regional Adventist Health + Rideout hospital, reducing care-team notification time from 45 minutes to 7.
Insilico Medicine and Bora Pharmaceuticals announced a strategic alliance on July 14, 2026 worth up to $2.5 billion, aiming to extend Insilico's generative AI platform Pharma.AI from drug discovery into pharmaceutical manufacturing and quality operations.
Mount Sinai's Tisch Cancer Center launched PRISM, an AI platform built on Triomics' OncoLLM, in January 2026 to match cancer patients across its entire six-hospital network with clinical trials, not just at its main Manhattan campus.
A JAMA Network Open study of over 6,700 radiologists in China found frequent AI diagnostic tool use is linked to higher, not lower, burnout risk, especially among radiologists with heavy workloads, challenging assumptions about AI easing clinician strain.
Bayer has signed a three-year deal with Amsterdam startup Cradle to embed generative AI into its antibody pipeline, aiming to cut optimization cycles and speed higher-quality biologics toward the clinic.
India's health ministry launched JANANI, a nationwide digital platform with QR-coded health cards and automated risk alerts, tracking over 3 million pregnant women within its first months to close maternal care continuity gaps.