Integration of consumer AI into healthcare pathways
Consumer-facing AI can improve public health—but more evidence is needed. Nat. Health 1, 159 (2026). Plantin, J. -C.,…
Every African Country’s National Digital Health Strategy in 2026
When I first compiled the list of every African country’s national eHealth strategy or digital health policy back…
Addressing benchmarking gaps in large language models for health and medicine with dynamic red-teaming
We subject a diverse panel of 15 state-of-the-art LLMs (both proprietary and open-source) to our DAS red-teaming protocol,…
Small language models in medicine
These authors contributed equally: Yiming Qin, Tao Yan, Matthew Yu Heng Wong. School of Clinical Medicine, Beijing Tsinghua…
Heartbreaking loss prompts conversations about farmers’ mental health in Talimba, NSW
Leanne Staniforth says her husband, John, was suffering in silence before his death by suicide. Now she is…
Towards autonomous medical artificial intelligence agents
MIMIC-IV datasetDataset description We develop a benchmark of 574 patients derived from the MIMIC-IV database which is a…
A framework for longitudinal health AI agents
Nedos, I. et al. Is artificial intelligence ready for emergency department triage? a retrospective evaluation of multiple large…
Man in four comas since falling off a slide at 13 says cannabis has saved him
Eric Powers was left with complex neurological problemsNeil Shaw Assistant Editor (Money and Lifestyle) 07:39, 06 May 2026…
Reduced symptom reporting quality during human–chatbot versus human–physician interactions
Healthcare is undergoing a digital transformation characterized by the rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and telemedicine platforms…
Dermatology services suspended over patient ‘harm’ fears
Community dermatology services in East Sussex have been suspended until further notice amid concerns over potential harm to…
Leveraging multimodal machine learning for accurate risk identification of intimate partner violence
Experiment setup The IPV group used to develop the models consists of 841 female patients enrolled in the…
Safety of a large language model-based clinical decision support system in African primary healthcare
The AI-enabled CDSS was used in 36,670 (46.8%) of the 78,366 clinical consultations at the 16 Penda Health…