Life Sciences

Nov 2, 2026

athenahealth Connects Patient Health Records to Claude

The athenaPatient MCP connector lets Claude Pro and Max users in the US give Claude access to selected electronic health record data.

Nov 2, 2026

Hippocratic AI Releases Polaris 6 Ultra for Healthcare Voice Agents

Polaris 6 Ultra adds sentence planning during speech, a more expressive voice system, clinical audio recognition and a larger safety model constellation.

Nov 2, 2026

MIT Professors Win Pritzker Prize for AI Antibiotic Research

Regina Barzilay and James Collins received the 2026 Pritzker Prize for AI in Science Research Excellence for their work using AI to discover antibiotics.

Nov 2, 2026

AI predicts hypertensive crises up to three days early in preliminary study

An AI model analyzing data from blood pressure monitors and wearable fitness trackers identified elevated risk of a hypertensive crisis up to 72 hours in advance.

Nov 2, 2026

Revive Health and FitOn Health Combine Into AI Healthcare Platform

Revive Health and FitOn Health are combining their clinical care, fitness and preventive health services into a single platform for employers and health plans.

Nov 2, 2026

OhMD Launches Outcomes for Automated Patient Workflows

OhMD Outcomes turns healthcare organizations' plain language goals into automated voice and text workflows. Beta access will open in mid November 2026.

Nov 2, 2026

BRIGHT Receives €3.7 Million for AI Cancer Microscope

The BRIGHT project received a €3.7 million EIC Pathfinder grant to develop an automated microscope that uses AI to analyze patient biopsies.

Nov 2, 2026

Healthcare Triangle Identifies Up to $45 Million Indonesia Pipeline

Healthcare Triangle identified a potential Indonesia pipeline worth $20 million to $45 million over the next 24 to 36 months. The opportunities remain uncontracted and include hospital, wellness and neuroscience projects.

Nov 2, 2026

EClinCloud Analysis Reviews 1,715 FDA Inspection Citations

EClinCloud found that protocol compliance, informed consent and investigator case histories accounted for 46.2% of citation occurrences in FDA inspection data from fiscal 2020 through 2025.

Nov 2, 2026

Signia brings MaX AI hearing aid to US government health programs

Pure Charge&Go MaX is now available through the US Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense and Indian Health Service.

Nov 2, 2026

Covera Health Names Two Executives to Support Imaging Expansion

Covera Health named Jeremy Livianu chief legal officer and Adam Travis general manager of imaging strategy and growth.

Nov 2, 2026

Asteromorph Opens Wet Lab for AI Biology Research

Asteromorph has opened a biological laboratory in Hwaseong, South Korea, to test scientific hypotheses and treatment strategies generated by AI.

Nov 2, 2026

NAMI joins Common Sense Media youth AI safety standards program

NAMI will help develop standards for how AI products respond when young people experience suicidal ideation, psychosis, or other severe mental health crises.

Nov 1, 2026

Midstream Health Raises $20M to Recover Hospital Payments

Midstream Health raised a $20 million Series A led by Valtruis, with Andreessen Horowitz returning, for agentic AI that recovers money hospitals are owed.

Oct 31, 2026

AI Agent Controls Brain Injection in Live Mouse After Claude Opus Refuses

An AI agent selected a gene therapy and controlled robotic equipment to inject it into the brain of a live mouse, with a veterinary surgeon performing the craniotomy.

Oct 31, 2026

Patient Sues Allegheny Health Network and Highmark Over Abridge AI Recordings

A patient alleges that Allegheny Health Network and Highmark failed to obtain informed consent before an Abridge tool recorded and processed confidential medical conversations.

Oct 30, 2026

Surveys Find Widespread AI Chatbot Use Among Teens and Tweens

Two surveys found widespread AI chatbot use among children and teens, including for schoolwork and emotional support. Some uses were associated with poorer mental health, but the findings do not establish causation.

Oct 29, 2026

Canadian Privacy Regulators Call for AI Rules in Health Care

Canadian privacy regulators are urging governments to require privacy protections, oversight and accountability for AI systems used in health care and health research.

Oct 29, 2026

WHO Europe Member States Adopt AI Health Roadmap Through 2033

The 53 member states of the WHO European Region adopted a shared roadmap for integrating artificial intelligence into health systems through 2033.

Oct 29, 2026

SpendRule Raises $4 Million to Audit Hospital Vendor Bills

SpendRule raised $4 million in seed funding for its AI platform, which checks vendor invoices against contract terms and flags potential overpayments.