May 26, 2026 — A soft, wearable ultrasound patch that can continuously monitor a fetus for hours at a time — and it can do so consistently even as the fetus and umbilical cord constantly move during pregnancy — has been created by engineers at the University of California San Diego.

May 26, 2026 — Leica Biosystems and Indica Labs have announced a strategic collaboration with Lunit to develop AI-powered image analysis algorithms. The partnership will focus on PD-L1 and emerging immunohistochemistry (IHC) biomarkers, supporting scalable and consistent biomarker quantification through computational pathology tools. The first product is an AI-powered Lunit SCOPE algorithm designed for Leica Biosystems’ PD-L1 primary antibody (CAL10).

May 22, 2026 — The American College of Radiology (ACR) supports passage of the Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act (S. 4624). “MARCA” calls for Medicare payment directly to the radiologists for services in which radiologist assistants (RAs) participated. If passed, MARCA would enable RAs to furnish services when delegated by and under the supervision of a radiologist in jurisdictions authorizing radiologist assistants to practice.

May 21, 2026 — A team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, in collaboration with Cleveland Clinic’s Cardiovascular Innovation Research Center, has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system capable of interpreting some of the most complex heart scans in medicine, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), without the need for manually labeled training data.

May 21, 2026 – Artera, the developer of multimodal artificial intelligence (MMAI)-based prognostic and predictive cancer tests, will present multiple abstracts at the 2026 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, May 29–June 2, in Chicago.