Amazon Launches Its Healthcare AI Assistant on Its Website and App
03/12/2026
AI SummaryAmazon announced on Tuesday that it’s expanding access to its healthcare AI assistant to its website and app. The assistant, called Health AI, was previously only available on the app for One Medical, the healthcare company Amazon acquired for $3.9 billion in 2023.Users don’t need to be Pr
New York Bill Seeks to Ban AI from Providing Professional Medical and Dental Advice
03/12/2026
AI SummaryNew York’s Senate Bill S7263 would prohibit AI chatbots from giving professional advice in medicine, dentistry, law, nursing, psychology, and other licensed fields that would constitute unlicensed practice if done by a human.The legislation targets AI systems that impersonate licensed prof
UCSF program trains optometrists for glaucoma comanagement
03/12/2026
AI SummaryA comanagement program at UCSF in which patients saw glaucoma-trained optometrists and had access to glaucoma specialists showed promising outcomes, according to a study published in Ophthalmology Glaucoma involving UCSF glaucoma-trained optometrists and glaucoma fellowship-trained ophthal
Irish surgeon’s apps could detect brain tumours and prevent blindness
03/12/2026
AI SummaryAn Irish surgeon has developed apps that can verify a person’s age or detect changes in the eyes that may indicate conditions such as brain tumours or irreversible blindness.SightTrack, one of ophthalmic surgeon Dr Kate Coleman’s apps, can detect in seconds any slight changes in the patter
A Teen’s AI App is Bringing Eye Screening to India’s Underserved Communities
03/12/2026
AI SummarySixteen-year-old Kavya Kopparapu developed Eyeagnosis, an AI-based system to detect diabetic retinopathy, after her grandfather in India was diagnosed with this vision-threatening complication of diabetes. The system uses machine learning techniques and a 3D-printed lens attachment with a