Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai is partnering with women's home health and virtual care company Tia to expand primary and specialty care options for women across Los Angeles.

Global technology company IBM announced plans to lay off 3,900 employees, or 1.4 percent of its workforce, in its IT services business and healthcare business unit, The Wall Street Journal reported Jan. 26. 

Dollar General is leveraging its store locations to bring more healthcare access to rural America, Pymnts reported Jan. 23. 

Samsung has partnered with developer of patient-facing virtual assistant tools IntelliTek Health to bring artificial intelligence and digital voice assistance to the post-discharge process. 

The IT department has mostly been insulated from the slew of recent Big Tech job cuts; however, Capital One's recent cut of the "agile" team in its IT department could be a sign that IT workers aren't always safe, The Wall Street Journal reported Jan. 20.

Eli Lilly and Co. is investing $450 million and creating 100 new jobs at its Research Triangle Park, N.C., manufacturing facility.

Microsoft is doubling down on its healthcare artificial intelligence investments with two new partnerships.

Walmart and Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health are partnering to try to improve maternal health among Black women in Georgia.

Software giant Microsoft announced a "multibillion" dollar investment into OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company behind ChatGPT.

Big Tech layoffs at Twitter, Amazon and Meta grabbed headlines in 2022, and the trend is continuing in 2023 as large tech firms continue to deal with an uncertain economic environment.

Google's parent company, Alphabet, has become the latest tech company to restructure its workforce by laying off 12,000 workers. 

Weeks after its $8.9 billion deal for Summit Health closed, VillageMD acquired a Dallas medical practice that includes internal medicine, geriatric and urgent care services.

Even as it has been laying off tens of thousands of employees, Amazon has pledged to continue pursuing its healthcare business.

Dollar General customers at three locations in Tennessee can now see a healthcare provider in the store's parking lot for preventative care, urgent care and chronic condition management services.

Medtech companies Phillips and Masimo partnered to integrate Philips' patient monitoring ecosystem into the Masimo W1 tracking watch.

Software giant Microsoft is planning to lay off 10,000 workers, or less than 5 percent of the company's workforce, as the company looks to shift priorities amid economic uncertainty, The New York Times reported Jan. 18.

Nestle Health Science, the medical nutrition business unit of Nestle, is investing $43 million to expand its manufacturing facility in Eau Claire, Wis. 

Bayer has entered into an agreement to acquire strategic imaging artificial intelligence platform and solutions provider Blackford Analysis. 

Software giant Microsoft is looking to integrate artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT into all of its products, The Wall Street Journal reported Jan. 17.

Amazon Clinic, the online healthcare service launched by Amazon in November, is now offering COVID-19 treatment plans.