According to recent survey data pending review and publication (Rousmaniere et al. 2025) yet widely circulated, 48.7 percent of 499 U.S. respondents reported using LLMs (large language models) for psychological support in the preceding year. The majority did this for anxiety, personal advice, and depression.
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.
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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…