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Applications of AI in healthcare, including medical diagnostics, drug discovery, patient care solutions, and biotechnology research.

Oct 8, 2026

Verana Health and Bitfount Detail AI Prescreening for Eye Trials

Verana Health and Bitfount are combining ophthalmic imaging with electronic health record data to identify patients who may qualify for eye disease clinical trials.

Oct 8, 2026

Illumina releases SpliceAI2 for genetic variant research

SpliceAI2 predicts how genetic variants affect RNA splicing and identified 17% more disease relevant variants than competing models in a rare disease dataset.

Oct 8, 2026

Kindable Launches Loved App for Daily AI Calls to Seniors

Loved uses an AI assistant named Claire to call seniors each day, share wellness summaries with caregivers, and create care tasks from conversations.

Oct 8, 2026

Helfie AI Plans Mobile Health Screening Pilot for 100,000 People in Kenya

Helfie AI and the Homa Bay County Health Ministry signed a memorandum of understanding for a mobile tuberculosis and hypertension screening pilot covering 100,000 people.

Oct 8, 2026

Primary Partners Reports Lower Medicare Costs With Lightbeam Platform

A one year analysis found that patients who completed an Annual Wellness Visit had nearly $70 lower monthly healthcare costs, fewer readmissions and higher HCC recapture.

Oct 8, 2026

AHRQ Opens $7.95 Million Healthcare AI Prize Competition

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality opened a two part competition focused on clinical evidence synthesis and healthcare data applications. The initiative offers up to $7.95 million in prizes.

Oct 8, 2026

Wally Raises $25 Million to Expand AI Dental Membership

Wally raised $25 million in Series A funding to expand its dental membership service from 15 to 100 locations by the end of 2027.

Oct 7, 2026

Danaher Plans AI Autonomous Lab for Antibody Research

Danaher plans to launch an autonomous laboratory that combines AI, robotics and laboratory equipment to create and test antibodies and other affinity reagents.

Oct 7, 2026

Infinitus Launches FieldForce AI Agents for Pharmaceutical Teams

FieldForce provides AI agents that support pharmaceutical sales and reimbursement teams before, after and between meetings with healthcare providers.

Oct 7, 2026

Gemini Health Partners Launches AI Revenue Cycle Advisory Service

Gemini Health Partners launched an AI advisory practice for revenue cycle management in high cost medical specialties. The service uses adjudicated claims and prior authorization data to assess workflows, prioritize AI projects and measure results.

Oct 7, 2026

Immunomatics Receives $100,000 Investment From GenDx Cofounder

Myosotis Investments founder Wietse Mulder invested $100,000 in Immunomatics and joined the transplant technology company as a strategic adviser.

Oct 7, 2026

HOPPR Brings Radiology Foundation Models to CARPL.ai

HOPPR and CARPL.ai are giving healthcare providers access to foundation models for building, customizing, and deploying radiology AI applications.

Oct 7, 2026

Zivian Health Launches Elevate AI Chart Review Tool

Elevate automates clinical chart reviews, applies state requirements, manages reviewer workflows, and prepares audit records.

Oct 7, 2026

ThinkAndor Joins Epic Toolbox for Ambient Nursing Documentation

ThinkAndor is now designated in Epic Toolbox for ambient voice recognition in nursing flowsheets. The software converts clinical conversations into structured documentation within Epic Rover.

Oct 7, 2026

Healthleap Raises $38 Million for Hospital Risk Screening AI

Healthleap raised $38 million to expand software that analyzes hospital records and flags patients who may need further clinical review.

Oct 6, 2026

XtalPi Launches Kodexia siRNA Discovery Platform

XtalPi launched Kodexia, a platform that combines generative AI, biological modeling, and automated experiments to design siRNA therapies. The platform supports six internal programs across several disease areas.

Oct 6, 2026

ARUP Selected for Redtail Clinical AI Project

ARUP Laboratories will use the Redtail AI Factory supercomputer to develop EventHorizon, a foundation model for analyzing clinical flow cytometry data.

Oct 6, 2026

Cambridge Heartwear Wins £184 Million NHS Tender for ECG Wearable

Cambridge Heartwear secured a £184 million NHS tender for HeartSense, a reusable ECG wearable that combines multiple channel monitoring, AI analysis and wireless charging.

Oct 6, 2026

Vuzix and Shiny Box Develop Military Medical Training for Ultralite Pro

Vuzix and Shiny Box Interactive are developing military medical training and remote mentoring software for the Ultralite Pro smart glasses platform.

Oct 6, 2026

AI Model Combines EKG and Blood Tests to Assess Heart Transplant Rejection

NYU Langone Health researchers developed an AI model that combines heart rhythm recordings with two blood biomarkers to assess heart transplant rejection. In a test involving 38 recipients, it correctly identified 94 percent of patients without rejection.

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