Applications of AI in healthcare, including medical diagnostics, drug discovery, patient care solutions, and biotechnology research.
Palantir urged a UK health minister to consider adding GP records to the NHS federated data platform, despite their exclusion from its current £330 million contract.
OpenEvidence will integrate clinical guidance and journal content from the American College of Physicians into its decision support platform for doctors.
Radiology patient information was processed with AI tools between 10 and 20 June against the medical school's policies; the research has been suspended.
In the 530-patient PARAMOUNT trial presented at AHA 2026, care guided by Cleerly's AI plaque analysis beat usual care with a win ratio of 2.00.
The University of Exeter will lead a six year project that combines AI, brain imaging, genetics, blood biomarkers and cognitive tests to support earlier dementia detection.
Three cancer research teams will test AURORA, an agentic AI system that analyzes evidence, proposes hypotheses and suggests experiments. Human researchers will retain control over scientific decisions and evaluate its recommendations in laboratory studies.
Siggy raised $6 million in pre seed funding for a mental health service that collects patient histories and tracks progress between appointments.
Paris based Granit raised $6 million to expand its AI agents for healthcare billing and insurance administration across Europe.
Isomorphic Labs is discussing a $5 billion funding round at a $50 billion valuation as it prepares to begin its first clinical trials.
GE HealthCare led the Series B financing, which will support Laza Medical's AI and robotics based imaging system for cardiac procedures.
SOPHiA GENETICS reported $24.3 million in third quarter revenue, while its adjusted EBITDA loss narrowed to $6.1 million.
The Canton Fair's Intelligent Healthcare Zone features AI posture assessment, rehabilitation exoskeletons, contactless heart monitoring and robotic medical systems.
The athenaPatient MCP connector lets Claude Pro and Max users in the US give Claude access to selected electronic health record data.
Polaris 6 Ultra adds sentence planning during speech, a more expressive voice system, clinical audio recognition and a larger safety model constellation.
Regina Barzilay and James Collins received the 2026 Pritzker Prize for AI in Science Research Excellence for their work using AI to discover antibiotics.
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.
Revive Health and FitOn Health are combining their clinical care, fitness and preventive health services into a single platform for employers and health plans.
OhMD Outcomes turns healthcare organizations' plain language goals into automated voice and text workflows. Beta access will open in mid November 2026.
The BRIGHT project received a €3.7 million EIC Pathfinder grant to develop an automated microscope that uses AI to analyze patient biopsies.
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.
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