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Posted: 07 april 2026

FDA approves Rocket gene therapy for rare immune disorder

The Food and Drug Administration approved a gene therapy for severe leukocyte adhesion deficiency type 1 (LAD-1), an ultra-rare disease that leaves children vulnerable to life-threatening infections. Read more here.

The FDA Is Fast-Tracking Health AI —Women’s Health Can’t Be Left Behind

OpenAI launched ChatGPT Health and Anthropic added medical toolsets for Claude, meaning users can sync their records and wearables, using their personal health data to get hyper-specific answers to their medical questions. At the same time, the FDA issued new guidance…

Over half of NHS doctors want to work from home in ‘online hospital’

In an NHS survey of 303 senior doctors, 60 per cent said they would be interested in working for the online service, alongside their existing roles, when it starts next year. Read more here.

UCL to work with World Health Organisation on digital tools and health emergencies

The UCL Centre for Digital Public Health in Emergencies (dPHE) has been designated a World Health Organisation (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Digital Public Health and Pandemic Preparedness. Read more here.

AI shifts non-communicable disease risk prediction beyond genetics

Pharmacy researchers in Hong Kong have developed an AI-driven tool that predicts cardiovascular risks beyond genetics, monitoring near-real-time biological changes before diseases become apparent. Read more here.

Radiomics AI Supports Detection of Prostate Cancer

Automated radiomics-based artificial intelligence tools are being evaluated as decision-support systems that may assist radiologists in lesion detection and risk assessment while fitting into established prostate cancer diagnostic pathways. Read more here.

New British College of Cosmetic Surgery launches

Announcing the official launch of the British College of Cosmetic Surgery, an important new initiative dedicated to strengthening education, collaboration and professional standards within cosmetic surgery. Read more here.

Gen Z nurses prioritize schedule flexibility, need more manager interactions to avoid turnover

A new workforce report sheds light on the unique work behaviors and management needs of young nurses. The analysis of nearly 100,000 registered nurses across more than 150 hospitals and health systems focuses on Gen Z nurses—those under 30 who…

Where AI can make the biggest impact in healthcare

AI-powered care navigation can make a real difference in improving patient outcomes, but many health systems dealing with legacy infrastructure and data silos have yet to scale AI solutions. Read more here.

b.well, Perplexity partner for AI-powered personalized health answers

b.well Connected Health, which offers a connected health data network, is partnering with AI-enabled conversational search engine Perplexity to allow Perplexity users to authorize access to their medical records and ask personalized health questions informed by their individual health history. …

Innovation in treating obsessive-compulsive disorder will not solve the care gap

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) remains one of psychiatry’s most disabling conditions, affecting about 1-2% of the population. People with OCD have an 82% increase in all cause mortality compared with unnafected matched people from the general population, with suicide being a major contributor.…

Servier to acquire Day One, maker of pediatric cancer drug, for $2.5B

The French pharma company Servier said Friday that it would buy Day One Biopharmaceuticals, the maker of a drug for childhood brain tumors, in a deal worth roughly $2.5 billion. Read more here.

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