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Northwestern just solved radiology's biggest bottleneck. Their new generative AI drafts complete radiology reports in real time, and the results are staggering: 📊 15% to 80% efficiency gains across 11 hospitals 🎯 95% complete drafts ...

5 million lupus patients just got their first real hope in decades. Johnson & Johnson just announced something extraordinary today: nipocalimab, the first FcRn blocker to show positive results in treating systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). ...

Hong Kong just solved one of medicine's most stubborn trade-offs. For decades, we've accepted that detailed 3D imaging meant bombarding patients with radiation. CT scans require 400-500 X-ray images. That's like getting a chest X-ray ...

Medicare just bet the farm on AI to fix prior authorizations. On January 1, CMS quietly launched the most ambitious healthcare AI experiment in government history: the WISeR Model. Six states, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, ...

The FDA just flipped the script on digital health regulation. Starting January 2, 2026, the TEMPO pilot program allows digital health companies to skip premarket approvals, investigational device exemptions, and certain clinical trial requirements. Think ...

Medicare just quietly launched its biggest AI experiment yet. Starting January 1, 2026, the WISeR Model (Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction) went live in New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, and Washington. This isn't another ...

22 million Americans just got priced out of healthcare overnight. On January 1, the ACA enhanced subsidies expired. Congress let them die. The numbers are staggering: 📈 Average premium increases: 114% 💸 Monthly costs jumping ...

The FDA just received a petition that could change radiology AI forever. On January 2, 2026, a citizen petition landed on the FDA's desk proposing something radical: let radiology AI systems update themselves without going ...