Digital health is entering a more mature phase in 2026 as consolidation accelerates through targeted M&A, driven by the need for scale, artificial intelligence and pressure from payers, investors say.

Included Health is launching an alternative health plan centered on primary care, AI support, price transparency and easier navigation.

Providers’ rapid adoption of AI is pushing payers to accelerate their own use of administrative AI tools, with health plans looking for ways to keep pace and manage the growing complexity of claims ...

AstraZeneca is expanding its prospects in cardiometabolic disease, paying $1.2 billion to begin a partnership on eight programs that include obesity drug candidates with potential advantages over ...

Epic’s lawsuit against Health Gorilla is less about one alleged data misuse scheme and more about a deeper fault line in healthcare interoperability: data can move faster than the rules governing it.

The digital health world could be entering a new phase this year, one in which execution matters as much as innovation, according to leaders from venture capital and private equity firm Breyer Capital ...

A Roche obesity drug designed to hit two targets led to weight loss that is competitive with other drugs in its class, but from a development standpoint, the drug candidate still trails rival ...

Cancer is appearing in Americans earlier than ever before. However, many younger people are missing out on their screenings, which can lead to later-stage diagnoses with worse outcomes. Blood-based ...

Antibody drug conjugates have cemented their place among the treatment options for many cancers, but one problem with this type of targeted therapy is drug resistance. The scientists at Fortitude ...

As OpenAI and Anthropic move deeper into healthcare, experts say AI chatbots are becoming the new front door to medicine. This shift is shaking things up for some health tech startups, redefining the ...

About 31,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers plan to launch an open-ended strike over staffing shortages, wages and care access issues — potentially affecting dozens of hospitals and hundreds of ...

During two House hearings, health insurance CEOs were questioned on rising healthcare costs, vertical integration and prior authorization.