Planned Parenthood is now offering an AI-powered, sexual health chatbot designed to reach more young people who visit its website, the organization announced Thursday, Jan. 24.

In 2018, the healthcare industry became the largest employment sector in the United States, but rising demand has made certain positions in the space some of the hardest to fill.

The U.S. adult uninsured rate for healthcare reached 13.7 percent at the end of 2018––a four-year high, according to a recent Gallup poll. The findings underscore the actions of the Trump administration to undermine the Affordable Care Act over the last two years.

Productive communication between doctors and patients can be difficult to achieve. However, a team of researchers has proposed several ways in which AI can help.

Access to care at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has improved since 2014, compared to the stagnant wait times in the private sector, according to new research published in JAMA Network Open.

The development and use of robotic systems in healthcare is expected to surge over the next several years thanks to continuous technological advances, according to a report by BIS Research. The market intelligence firm predicts the global healthcare robotics market will reach $11.4 billion by 2025.

In an effort to curb “unexpected and outrageous bills,” President Trump invited patients and others to the White House to discuss their experiences with such pricing, Kaiser Health News reported. The discussion is part of Trump’s overall goal to impact drug prices and transparency in healthcare.

Day Zero Diagnostics has raised $8.6 million in a Series A funding round to further develop a system that uses genome sequencing and machine learning to better diagnose infectious diseases.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has settled two fraud cases with the Department of Justice, shelling out $269.2 million. In both cases, which arose from whistleblowers, Walgreens admitted and accepted responsibility for conduct alleged by the government in its complaint under the False Claims Act.

Ruth Porat, chief financial officer of Google parent company Alphabet, said the company is making progress in breast cancer care thanks to AI, according to a report by CNBC.