Microsoft on Thursdayannounced Copilot Health, a new AI service that lets users upload electronic health records and data from fitness trackers and other devices.
Why it matters: Microsoft is entering one of AI's fastest-growing arenas — health care — as OpenAI, Amazon and others expand their medical chatbot offerings.
The Food and Drug Administration's most polarizing official may be leaving, but that's no guarantee that the agency is about to undergo what its critics say is a neededcourse-correction.
Why it matters: The agency's drug approval standards and its ability to avoid more upheaval are both in question.
Tens of millions of Americans have delayed surgeries, vacation plans, career moves and other big life decisions because of the cost of health care, a new West Health-Gallup survey found.
Why it matters: Affordability concerns are hanging over the midterm election cycle, with just over half of all Americans believing basic medical care is affordable and accessible.
The Trump administration is planning something new for people shopping for Affordable Care Act coverage next year: health plans without a list of in-network doctors and hospitals.
Why it matters: The "non-network" plans could inject a dose of long-sought innovation into health care pricing. But they also could expose patients to more surprise bills and further destabilize ACA markets, policy experts warn.
My husband, Jeff, and his friend, Ryan, are made of the same stuff: They grew up watching their dads do the same job that they would go on to do, in the same way — without flash or self-promotion, but by putting their heads down, quietly, and doing the work.
For more than 40 years, Jeff and Ryan have talked to each other; to their dads, Bob and Dave; and to each other's dads about winning the right way.
Why it matters:Ryan Odom has low-key become one of the biggest success stories in men's college basketball. He enters this week's ACC Tournament as the winningest first-year coach in UVA history, and the #2 seed behind Duke.
