Neowin News Feed for: Healthcare

Europe pharmacy DocMorris says Google is safe for your health data as Gemini comes onboard

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 21:36:01 +0000

European pharmacy giant DocMorris is partnering with Google to build a Gemini-powered digital health companion. But is it really safe enough to handle your health data? Read more...

Anthropic unveils Claude for Life Sciences, aiming to push AI into biotech

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 18:16:01 +0000

Anthropic is doubling down on medical science with Claude for Life Sciences, a specialized AI designed to integrate deeply with research workflows and help scientists. Read more...

UK launches National Commission to accelerate NHS access to AI

Paul Hill — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 10:16:01 +0000

The UK's MHRA has established the UK National Commission, which will try to break down regulatory hurdles preventing the use of AI in the NHS. It's aiming for an AI-enabled health system. Read more...

You'll soon be able to visit a doctor virtually through the Samsung Health app

David Uzondu — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 14:38:01 +0000

The Samsung Health app is set to get a new update soon, adding features like virtual doctor visits along with other improvements. Read more...

UK government unveils new AI tools to cut public sector paperwork

Paul Hill — Sun, 17 Aug 2025 09:46:01 +0000

The UK government has unveiled a new AI tool that aims to speed up hospital discharges to help clear up the backlog in the NHS. Read more...

Microsoft AI diagnoses complex medical cases four times better than human doctors

Paul Hill — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 15:46:01 +0000

Microsoft has been testing a new system with language models that helps to produce amazing results related to complex healthcare diagnoses. More testing is needed before any wider rollout happens. Read more...

Your washing machine could make bacteria antibiotic-resistant and you won't even know it

Sayan Sen — Mon, 12 May 2025 16:26:01 +0000

Washing machines have emerged as an unlikely candidate that is helping harmful bacteria become antibiotic-resistant. Read more...

Detailed study compares AI vs doctors and it's closer than what doctors may like

Sayan Sen — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 08:16:02 +0000

AI took on doctors in a scientific evaluation and the results are much closer than what doctors may have wanted to see. Read more...

Samsung Health app receives a major update with new features and integrations

Pradeep Viswanathan — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 05:54:01 +0000

Samsung has released a major update to its Health app for Galaxy smartphones, adding new features and integrations. Read more...

Microsoft reveals new healthcare tools including Copilot AI agents

John Callaham — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 20:44:01 +0000

Microsoft announced some new services for the healthcare industry today. They include a way to create AI agents for healthcare professionals. Read more...

Watch Musk's first Neuralink brain-chip patient play chess using his mind

Anurag Singh — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 08:54:02 +0000

A livestream video shared by Neuralink's official X handle shows 29-year-old Noland Arbaugh playing chess on his laptop and moving the cursor using the mind. He received the implant in January. Read more...

Apple Watch 2024 could get hypertension and sleep apnea tracking among other features

Anushe Fawaz — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 18:10:02 +0000

Apple is adding more health-related features for users. The company is transforming its AirPods and developing detectors for sleep apnea and hypertension that could be part of the Apple Watch 2024. Read more...

Epic and Microsoft expand AI partnership to 'address healthcare's most pressing needs'

Omer Dursun — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 17:16:01 +0000

Microsoft and Epic are expanding their partnership to bring generative AI to healthcare, addressing clinician burnout and productivity issues. Over 50 Azure-powered AI solutions will be deployed. Read more...

Microsoft's new DAX Express will include GPT-4 AI to help healthcare workers

John Callaham — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 20:02:02 +0000

Created by Microsoft's subsidiary Nuance, DAX Express will offer healthcare workers a way to automate documentation to better assist patients more directly. A private preview launches in the summer. Read more...

Amazon RxPass for Prime members enables unlimited prescription medications for $5 a month

Paul Hill — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 18:32:01 +0000

Amazon has announced RxPass, a $5 service for Prime members. It allows you to order unlimited medications and will also deliver them for free. If you need two medicines per month, you can save money. Read more...

Google partners with iCAD to improve breast cancer screening through AI

Hamza Jawad — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 19:42:01 +0000

The new partnership with iCAD makes for Google's first commercial agreement to license its AI-based mammography model and eventually integrate it with real-world clinical products. Read more...

Health insurer Medibank becomes the latest victim of cyberattack

Hemant Saxena — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 06:36:01 +0000

Medibank, the Australian private health insurance provider has been hit by a cyber incident. Currently, It is investigating the nature of the incident and any impact it may have on its customers. Read more...

Research shows potential of the Apple Watch to detect heart attacks

Anushe Fawaz — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 17:40:01 +0000

According to research published by the Texas Heart Institute Journal, the Apple Watch holds the potential to diagnose symptoms of an early heart attack in users, although more research is needed. Read more...

ByteDance gets deeper into the healthcare sector with Amcare Healthcare acquisition

Paul Hill — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 17:16:01 +0000

ByteDance, the firm behind TikTok, has acquired Amcare Healthcare through two of its subsidiaries. The health firm runs women's and children's hospitals in major Chinese cities like Beijing. Read more...

Amazon set to acquire One Medical, a tech-powered U.S. primary care company

Paul Hill — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 20:24:01 +0000

Amazon will acquire One Medical for $3.9 billion. One Medical will enable Amazon to bolster its digital and virtual care services. One Medical's CEO, Amir Dan Rubin, will stay on as CEO. Read more...

Singaporean medical startup lets users send dick pics for AI to detect STDs

Taras Buria — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 12:58:02 +0000

HeHealth, a Singaporean startup, has come up with a new idea: send an entirely solicited dick pic to the AI for it to check whether the user has a sexually transmitted disease or other problem. Read more...

The UK government plans to turbocharge the NHS App with virtual consultations and more

Paul Hill — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 07:20:01 +0000

The UK government has outlined plans to improve the NHS App. The plans will bring down barriers between patients and doctors helping to ensure more people get the treatment they need. Read more...

Microsoft will help cover its American employees' travel costs to bypass anti-abortion laws

Alap Naik Desai — Wed, 11 May 2022 01:22:02 +0000

Microsoft's abortion and gender-affirming care services now include travel expense assistance. Companies like Amazon, Yelp, Citigroup, and several others will help employees bypass anti-abortion laws. Read more...

Amazon becomes the latest company to say it will help employees bypass anti-abortion laws

Paul Hill — Tue, 03 May 2022 01:16:01 +0000

Amazon has said that it will reimburse staff up to $4,000 per year if they have to travel to get non-life-threatening treatment more than 100 miles from their home or if virtual care isn't available. Read more...

Microsoft completes $20 billion acquisition of Nuance

Usama Jawad — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 16:02:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that it has finally completed its acquisition of Nuance Communications in an all-cash deal worth $19.7 billion. The two will work together to build assistive technologies. Read more...

Brazil suffers cyberattack on health systems, vaccination data still not recovered

Usama Jawad — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 14:48:02 +0000

Certain health data management systems in Brazil have suffered a cyberattack, with COVID-19 vaccination data allegedly being deleted. The government has been unable to recover the data so far. Read more...

Google Search adds tools that make it easier to find a doctor

Paul Hill — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 05:44:01 +0000

Google has rolled out a few new features to help users connect with more appropriate healthcare professionals. Users can now see which languages offices use and which support Medicare. Read more...

Samsung and Bayer invest in firm behind AI health app Ada

Paul Hill — Thu, 27 May 2021 22:10:01 +0000

Samsung, Bayer and a few other firms have invested $90 million into Ada Health, the company behind the popular health app Ada. Bayer is also looking to form a strategic partnership with Ada Health. Read more...

UK consortium to boost health care with medical drones

Paul Hill — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 19:42:01 +0000

A new UK-based consortium led by Skyfarer is setting out to create national infrastructure by 2022 that will enable the delivery of medical supplies such as blood for blood transfusions by drone. Read more...

Ericsson using AI to help hospital manage COVID-19 patients

Paul Hill — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 15:26:01 +0000

Ericsson is working with Telia and Sahlgrenska University Hospital to build AI models that allow the hospital to receive COVID-19 patients in a more prepared manner, ensuring enough supplies. Read more...

2020 McKnight's Technology Supplement - Free Guide

News Staff — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 16:46:01 +0000

A different kind of virus COVID-19 speeds provider adoption of telehealth, other types of tech. What we know about people in this sector is that they are remarkably resilient. Find out more, for free. Read more...

Google launches new app to let Android users participate in health research

Jay Bonggolto — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 17:30:01 +0000

Google has rolled out a new app that's meant to help medical researchers better understand human health by reaching a diverse population of Android users that can contribute enough data to research. Read more...

Microsoft highlights key items COVID-19 vaccine management platforms should include

Hamza Jawad — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 18:52:01 +0000

In order to help ensure safe and secure distribution of COVID-19 vaccines approaching FDA approval, Microsoft has provided guidance regarding key elements for vaccine management platforms. Read more...

Microsoft urges governments to fight against North Korean and Russian attacks on healthcare

Usama Jawad — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 15:10:01 +0000

In a sternly worded letter, Microsoft has urged world leaders to unite and take action against cybercrime groups from North Korea and Russia, among others, which are attacking healthcare institutions. Read more...

Apple rolls out Health Records feature to iPhone users in the UK and Canada

Jay Bonggolto — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 17:48:01 +0000

iPhone users in the UK and Canada can now have a central repository of all their medical health information with the launch of Apple's Health Records feature within the Health app. Read more...

Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare will be generally available next month

Abhishek Baxi — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 15:00:29 +0000

The healthcare industry is experiencing an accelerated transformation. Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare, the company's first industry-specific cloud, will be available at the end of October. Read more...

Microsoft extends cloud-based health alliance with Allscripts

Hamza Jawad — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 17:46:01 +0000

With a five-year extension having been put into effect, Microsoft and Allscripts' extended alliance will focus on further development and delivery of cloud-based health IT solutions. Read more...

Microsoft and Johns Hopkins Medicine announce five-year deal centered around Azure

Hamza Jawad — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 17:00:01 +0000

With Azure set to become the John Hopkins inHealth precision medicine initiative's preferred cloud platform, JHM will be looking to advance its medical research with Microsoft's assistance. Read more...

Fitbit releases COVID-19 symptom tracker for employees

Jay Bonggolto — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 23:40:01 +0000

Fitbit announced today the rollout of a COVID-19 symptom tracking service that provides guidance to employees in order to help them decide whether they should go back to work or stay at home. Read more...

Microsoft announces Cloud for Healthcare, its first industry-specific cloud offering

Hamza Jawad — Tue, 19 May 2020 15:00:20 +0000

Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare combines features from Microsoft 365, Dynamics, the Power Platform, and Azure. The solution is available in preview starting today, with GA slated for later this year. Read more...