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Opinion: While Legato promises to disrupt hearing care with AI-powered eyewear, the startup must prove its frames offer genuine clinical efficacy rather than just a discreet consumer gadget.
Opinion: Greater Manchester's refusal to adopt Palantir's data platform is more than a regional dispute—it is a necessary test of whether the NHS can maintain its own sovereignty.
The region is doubling down on its homegrown data system as the UK government weighs whether to terminate a $400 million contract with the US software firm.
Opinion: Greater Manchester's refusal to adopt Palantir's data platform isn't just local stubbornness—it is a critical experiment in whether public health infrastructure can survive without proprietary black-box vendors.
Google promises 'Health Guardian' tools backed by clinical validation, but a look at the new hardware reveals a pattern of incremental updates and AI-driven gimmicks.
Daniel Ek is bringing his body-scanning startup to SoHo, but the venture's reliance on proprietary hardware and celebrity prestige raises questions about clinical utility versus luxury theater.
Researchers identify a bacterial compound that weakens the blood-brain barrier and exacerbates key disease hallmarks.
The new wearable feature estimates carotenoid levels in the skin to track fruit and vegetable intake, though Samsung stops short of providing a consumer-facing accuracy margin.
A lawsuit alleging securities fraud against Selena Gomez suggests a stark divide between the marketing promises of a mental health startup and its actual operational reality.
Opinion: Without peer-reviewed clinical data, Google's push into high-stakes diagnostics risks prioritizing AI signatures over medical-grade accuracy.
The Pixel Watch 5 introduces breathing emergency detection and metabolic trends, but medical experts warn that cuffless monitoring still lacks clinical validation.
A massive data leak from Abbott's Exact Sciences business reveals how a simple vishing attack can compromise the most intimate patient data.
The ShinyHunters extortion crew has released millions of records after Abbott reportedly declined to pay a ransom following a social engineering breach.
ShinyHunters extortion crew dumped millions of records including patient health information after Abbott declined to pay.
The ShinyHunters extortion crew leaked data from Abbott's recently acquired Exact Sciences business after a vishing attack tricked employees.
Abbott's cancer diagnostics unit fell victim to a vishing attack, proving that sophisticated medical infrastructure is only as secure as its most gullible employee.
Local language models marketed for emergency use risk patient safety by trading clinical reliability for novelty.
Internal documents show the surveillance firm coaching law enforcement to 'own the narrative' and bypass public opposition to secure city contracts.
By leveraging generative AI to manufacture synthetic credibility, marketers are bypassing traditional safeguards to target vulnerable populations with unverified health claims.
As vaccination rates drop and infections hit a 35-year high, companies are developing monoclonal antibodies for high-risk patients.
The company is integrating Apple Health and medical records into ChatGPT just as a Florida man alleges the bot's dangerous medical advice nearly killed him.
The company is enabling ChatGPT to access Apple Health data and medical records just one day after a user alleged the bot's advice led to a near-fatal pulmonary embolism.
The rollout of 'Health in ChatGPT' allows the bot to access medical records and Apple Health data, but the company has not published peer-reviewed safety data to back its claims of 'meaningful gains.'
OpenAI is betting on a medical revolution by integrating fragmented health data into ChatGPT, but the gap between corporate marketing and clinical safety is a chasm that could cost lives.
The new chatbot integrates wearable data and smart home metrics to provide wellness recommendations, though it stops short of medical diagnosis.
As another major vendor falls to hackers, the industry must face the reality that third-party security is a critical vulnerability, not a luxury.
Opinion: As climate change pushes invasive species north, the push for expanded mosquito monitoring risks prioritizing the act of counting insects over the delivery of actionable public health interventions.
Erica Schwartz and Sean Kaufman faced intense scrutiny over vaccine stances and agency knowledge during their July 15 confirmation hearings.
Co-founded by former Apple engineer Gidi Littwin, the startup has raised $52 million to decode electrical brain activity for cognitive disorders.
Former Apple engineer Gidi Littwin is betting that deep-learning models trained on massive datasets can decode electrical brain activity to diagnose cognitive disorders.
David Beckham's longevity drink startup utilizes a loan-based funding structure that avoids traditional ownership stakes.
As the NHS struggles to prove the clinical utility of its Federated Data Platform, MPs are urging the government to prepare for a post-Palantir era.
A public prediction record for Grace Delaney’s calls is coming soon.