America’s opioid crisis cost the federal government some $26 billion in lost tax revenue and state governments $11.8 billion in lost revenue between 2000 and 2016, according to a recent analysis.

Both low- and high-income women experience significant delays in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment when they’re switched from affordable to high-deductible health plans (HDHPs), according to a study published in Health Affairs.

Months-old health technology startup Theator closed a $3 million seed round April 18, providing the company with the cash flow it needs to power its AI-enabled surgical performance platform.

The primary care business is getting more crowded at the top, where the big money is.

The Department of Energy (DOE) announced April 17 it would be extending $20 million in funding to research projects involving AI and machine learning.

A Harvard Medical school research fellow has used deep learning to predict the structure of any given protein based solely on its amino acid sequence.

The field of AI is currently at the center of a far-reaching diversity crisis, according to a report issued this April.

CMS proposed to expand reimbursement for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) to patients with suspected masked hypertension while continuing to cover it for those with white coat hypertension.

Canadian health tech company DIAGNOS announced April 16 it would be supplying the AI for Saudi Arabia’s first hypertensive retinopathy screening clinic.

More than ever, Americans are avoiding the expense of doctors' visits and turning instead to the internet, where online symptom checkers (OSCs) like WebMD attempt—oftentimes incorrectly—to diagnose patients based on a series of questions.