Lindsay Clancy is charged with murdering her children. Her defense argues she was suffering from severe postpartum mental illness. David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe/Getty Images If you or someone you know is in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
Artificial intelligence is rapidly being integrated into hospitals and healthcare clinics. However, the benefits of AI tools come with new risks to patient safety and questions about who is responsible when things go wrong. Conventionally, health care responsibilities are clearly delineated. Doctors must provide an established standard of treatment. Institutions must organize safe treatment processes.
A health worker measures a woman’s blood pressure at the Penda Umoja II Health Clinic in Nairobi, Kenya, where researchers have tested an artificial intelligence tool that can verify notes taken by doctors. Patrick Meinhardt/AFP/via Getty Images hide title toggle title Patrick Meinhardt/AFP/via Getty Images A 4-month-old child comes to the clinic with fever and
A 4-month-old child comes to the clinic with fever and nasal congestion. Vyonne Njeri thinks it’s just a cold. Then a yellow box appears on your computer telling you to check your heart, because your heart rate is elevated. Njeri is a registered clinical officer in Nairobi, Kenya; she sees patients alone like a nurse
An Israeli airstrike killed six members of a family in Gaza City, according to local doctors. Video footage showed the family’s apartment burning overnight in the western neighborhood of Al Sabra. Firas al-Masri’s brother told the BBC that he had been burned alive along with his wife, Salsabeel, and his three daughters and son, Faryal,
Sharon Stone has stopped smoking marijuana. His journey to cutting ties with cannabis began when he was prescribed several medications after suffering a near-fatal stroke in 2001. “I stopped taking one of the medications I was taking for my stroke last September and was told I couldn’t stop,” Stone tells me. “They said, ‘You can’t