Health and Human Services

North Carolina's Child Fatality Task Force recently endorsed legislation to limit how companies can use data on minors, and it will continue studying the impacts of AI companions and chatbots.

A new coaching platform for teachers designed by a Utah-based nonprofit offers a model for how districts can use AI teletherapy to improve educator well-being and retention.

Included in the federal government's SUPPORT Act, the measure mandates cybersecurity reporting across the 988 network along with an order for a review of system risks.

A major new institute under development at the University of Michigan will involve a five-year investment and focus on biological artificial intelligence, clinical trials and commercialization.

Staff from the Southern California city, from Fairfield, Calif., and South Bend, Ind., examined the reasons why technology projects were unsuccessful at the recent GovAI Coalition Summit.

Georgia's third largest school district said in a recent court filing that costs directly associated with social media addiction included more than $400,000 in the past year for cellphone lockers and lockable pouches.

A cybersecurity initiative and a collaborative electronic health record are among the endeavors the state will work on, with $500 million from the federal government. It will receive the money over a five-year period.

A cut to federal food assistance is looming, but residents have been struggling with the program for months. A cyber attack in July targeted a phone system that lets people call about their account information.

The website was designed to make it easier for landlords to list their properties and also for residents to find available homes in Portage, according to a news release from the city.

Medicare began covering telemedicine services during the COVID-19 pandemic and has maintained the popular offering through temporary waivers approved by Congress since.

In partnership with Axis Research & Technologies, the university intends to build a 36,000-square-foot surgical center with technology to give surgery students real-time feedback on skills, teamwork and procedures.

To make sense of a complex state initiative, many school districts in California have turned to the behavioral health technology platform TadHealth that simplifies complex billing processes for users.

The university's new lab includes technology to perform intra-oral scans and produce polished dentures and dental guards in minutes, giving students practice with the latest techniques in digital dentistry.

Lessons in digital literacy and citizenship, along with positive teacher-student relationships, may help schools combat the negative impact of online influencers on boys who struggle with loneliness or low self-esteem.

Modernizing benefits delivery is no longer a question of “if,” it’s a question of “how well.” Making benefits more easily accessible improves staff workload, increases user satisfaction and improves outcomes.

As researchers race to find a new funding source before money runs out and they're forced to pull the sensors, a nonprofit has launched a crowdsource campaign to try to keep the program afloat.

City Council members unanimously approved a motion to amend the city’s Homeless Action Plan with AI-generated recommendations from ChatGPT. The shift restricts how public funds can be used.

As passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act jeopardizes Medicaid coverage for millions, helpful system modernizations in Wyoming and Washington have been in the works for years.