Google Expands AI Overviews To Thousands More Health Queries via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Google is expanding AI overviews to “thousands much wellness topics,” per an announcement astatine the company’s health-focused ‘The Check Up’ event.

The lawsuit included developments spanning research, wearable technology, and aesculapian records.

Here’s much astir however Google is refining wellness results successful Search.

AI Overviews For Health Queries

Google is showing AI overviews for much health-related queries.

Compared to different types of questions, this taxable has had fewer AI overviews. Now, these overviews volition beryllium disposable for much queries and successful much languages.

Google states:

“Now, utilizing AI and our best-in-class prime and ranking systems, we’ve been capable to grow these types of overviews to screen thousands much wellness topics. We’re besides expanding to much countries and languages, including Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese, starting connected mobile.”

Google notes health-focused advancements to its Gemini models volition spell into summarizing accusation for wellness topics.

With these updates, Google claims AI overviews for wellness queries are “more relevant, broad and proceed to conscionable a precocious barroom for objective factuality.”

New “What People Suggest” Feature

Google is introducing a caller diagnostic for wellness queries called “What People Suggest.”

It uses AI to signifier perspectives from online discussions and to analyse what radical with akin wellness conditions are saying.

For example, idiosyncratic with arthritis looking for workout recommendations could usage this diagnostic to larn what works for others with the aforesaid condition.

See an illustration below.

Screenshot from: blog.google/technology/health/the-check-up-health-ai-updates-2025/, March 2025.

“What People Suggest” is presently disposable lone connected mobile devices successful the U.S.

Broader Health AI Initiatives

The hunt updates were portion of a larger acceptable of wellness exertion announcements astatine The Check Up event. Google besides revealed:

• Medical Records APIs successful Health Connect for managing wellness information crossed applications
• FDA clearance for Loss of Pulse Detection connected Pixel Watch 3
• An AI co-scientist built connected Gemini 2.0 to assistance biomedical researchers
• TxGemma, a postulation of unfastened models for AI-powered cause discovery
• Capricorn, an AI instrumentality for pediatric oncology attraction developed with Princess Máxima Center

Looking Ahead

Hallucination remains a occupation for AI models. While Gemini whitethorn person upgrades that marque it much accurate, it volition inactive beryllium wrong astatine slightest sometimes.

Google’s inclusion of idiosyncratic experiences alongside aesculapian websites marks a shift, recognizing radical worth some objective accusation and real-world perspectives.

Health publishers should beryllium alert that this could impact hunt visibility but whitethorn besides summation chances of appearing for much queries oregon the “What People Suggest” section.

SEJ STAFF Matt G. Southern Senior News Writer astatine Search Engine Journal

Matt G. Southern, Senior News Writer, has been with Search Engine Journal since 2013. With a bachelor’s grade successful communications, ...