CMS is updating its Medicare Plan Finder for the first time in a decade.

Blockchain may be a future solution for the FDA to leverage medical recalls.

HHS will provide $23 million to drug manufacturer Merck to produce Ebola vaccine doses over the next year, the agency announced Aug. 21. 

Overall health status may soon be measurable by applying AI to electrocardiogram data, according to a journal from the American Heart Association, Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology.

Urinary tract infections make up a significant portion of microbiological screening in diagnostic laboratories, yet nearly two-thirds of samples come up negative. But AI has the potential to improve the process by reducing the number of query samples and enabling diagnostic services to concentrate on those that many have actual infections.

Doing chores could reduce the risk of early death, according to a recent study published in the bmj. In fact, the findings of the study, which was conducted by researchers from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, revealed that any level of movement reduces the risk of premature death.

While most of the action around healthcare AI beyond the U.S.’s southern border has so far been in research, tech-focused startup companies based in Mexico have been popping up to push things forward with entrepreneurial energy.

Patients covered by CNA Insurance for long-term care will be getting reminders to take their medications via an AI-based app supplied by Groove Health.