Withings unveiled StethO Sense at IFA Berlin, an AI feature that analyzes heart and lung sounds recorded through its BeamO device and returns results in seconds, with a public rollout set for October 1, 2026.
AI musculoskeletal-care startup Sword Health is acquiring Headspace in an all-cash deal worth roughly $300 million, betting that pairing physical therapy AI with a 140-million-download meditation brand can build a single, subscription-driven mental-and-physical-health platform.
A multinational study led by Korea University Guro Hospital found an AI model can accurately detect large vessel occlusion strokes from standard, dye-free CT scans, a shortcut that could extend fast stroke triage to hospitals without advanced imaging on hand.
Cleveland Clinic became the first health system to test Siemens Healthineers' FDA-cleared AI Rad Companion Prostate MRI in a clinical trial, aiming to confirm it matches radiologists before wider rollout.
Data presented at the World Conference on Lung Cancer in Seoul show AI software from Softek scanning for incidental lung nodules caught more cancer cases than a standard low-dose CT screening program alone.
A deep-learning model called NYU-DRP outperformed existing tools at forecasting a woman's five-year breast cancer risk by studying her mammograms over multiple years instead of just the latest one.
OSF HealthCare is extending RapidAI's automated stroke-imaging software to all of its hospitals, cutting the time it takes to spot brain-blocking clots and get patients into treatment.
Apple's updated Health app now folds Apple Watch, iPhone, and lab data into AI-generated health insights, leaning on privacy as its main differentiator against Google's and Samsung's AI wellness coaches.
Whoop is adding on-demand virtual clinician access, EHR syncing and new AI coaching tools like 'My Memory,' pushing the wearable maker further from fitness tracker toward full health platform.
Merck's new up-to-$1-billion partnership with Google Cloud will embed agentic AI across drug research, manufacturing and corporate operations, joining a wave of pharma giants making nine-figure AI infrastructure bets in 2026.