San Diego – September 18, 2026 -- A new AI Patient Journey Study from Luth Research finds that roughly 80 percent of patients who use AI for health information pair it with other sources, forming a group the firm labels "hybrid researchers." The study tracked more than 1,500 consumers digitally and surveyed over 500 patients to map movement between AI tools, search engines, and health information sites.

Richmond – September 18, 2026 -- Alps Dx has named 26-year diagnostics industry veteran Pam Lacock as vice president of sales and opened a new 2,030-square-foot headquarters and manufacturing hub in Richmond, Virginia, as the company shifts from product development toward broader commercialization of its oral fluid testing platform.

Dublin, Ohio – September 18, 2026 -- Little Diggers, the construction-themed indoor sandbox playspace chain, has signed more than 50 franchise locations across the U.S. and now operates six corporate-owned stores, with additional openings planned before year-end.

West Palm Beach, Fla. – – September 18, 2026 -- UpRight Science has assembled a five-member advisory board to accelerate adoption of its FDA-cleared balance measurement software, timed to Falls Prevention Awareness Week running Sept. 21-25.

East Lansing, Mich. – September 18, 2026 -- Reseda Group has launched Bolt, a Banking-as-a-Service platform that connects fintech companies directly to MSU Federal Credit Union (MSUFCU) as the Financial Institution of Record, with cash management provider TAPP Engine signed as the platform's first fintech partner.

New York – September 18, 2026 -- OX Security launched OX Cloud, a cloud security platform built to monitor AI agents that now operate autonomously in production environments, access sensitive data and call tools without human oversight.

Washington – September 18, 2026 -- Forty-five percent of facial plastic surgeons report an increase in female patients citing menopause or perimenopause as a reason for seeking treatment, up sharply from 28% in 2024, according to the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery's (AAFPRS) 2025 annual member survey.

Deerfield Beach, Fla. – September 18, 2026 -- Aastro Roofing has signed on as a major sponsor of the Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce's upcoming golf tournament and as a sponsor of the Chamber's Fall Business Expo, expanding a partnership that began with its Spring Business Expo sponsorship earlier this year.

Cambridge – September 18, 2026 -- Nona Biosciences has developed HCAbLM, the first language model trained specifically on fully human heavy-chain-only antibodies (HCAbs), built from a dataset of 31.8 million HCAb sequences drawn from 73 independently immunized transgenic mice. The findings were detailed in a study titled "A foundation model learns the sequence and functional grammar of fully human heavy-chain-only antibodies," published on bioRxiv.

Los Alamitos, Calif. – September 18, 2026 -- Boston Lyric Opera has debuted a production at its new Opera + Community Studios in Boston's Fort Point neighborhood that replaces static subtitle screens with animated, projection-mapped typography built into the set itself, using three Epson large venue laser projectors to merge translation and scenic design into a single performance element.