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Linux Foundation Announces Intent to Launch Open Health Stack Software Foundation to Advance Open Source Digital Health Innovation

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Google, WHO and a global coalition support new Foundation designed to close health equity gaps through open, AI-ready infrastructure

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The Linux Foundation announced its intent to launch the Open Health Stack Software Foundation, the neutrally governed home for open source software used to build AI-enabled digital health applications.Google will contribute the Open Health Stack project, including all code and assets, to the new Foundation as well as a $3 million grant from Google.org.More than 20 organizations across enterprise tech, nonprofit, healthcare, and research verticals expressed support for the Foundation and its goal to enable developers worldwide, especially in low- and middle-income countries, to build interoperable, AI-ready health systems.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced its intent to launch the Open Health Stack Software Foundation (OHS-SF). The new Foundation will provide a vendor-neutral, community-led home for the open source software tools developers use to build AI-enabled digital health solutions.

Digital health infrastructure remains fragmented, creating barriers to interoperability and limiting adoption of emerging technologies across health systems. OHS-SF is designed to address this challenge by providing developers with standards-based, community-governed tools needed to build interoperable health applications, drive local innovation and help close health equity gaps – particularly in resource-constrained areas.

“Open source has already transformed enterprise software, cloud computing, and AI, and it will do the same for how the world delivers care,” said Jim Zemlin, CEO of the Linux Foundation. “The Open Health Stack Software Foundation brings together the global community of developers, health organizations, and implementers under a vendor-neutral, community-governed home, ensuring that the tools powering tomorrow’s AI-enabled health systems are built in the open, for everyone.”

Grounded in global open standards, the Foundation will support three primary technical pillars: 1) core HL7 FHIR foundations; 2) the “OHS Player,” a multiplatform reference toolkit for local deployments; and 3) AI Commons, a neutral, model-agnostic space for enabling safe, effective and verifiable AI in global health co-developed with the World Health Organization (WHO).

Launched in 2023 with Google, the Open Health Stack project now includes a global ecosystem of developers and implementers. Google will contribute the project to the Foundation, including the code and underlying Open Health Stack assets. To support the Foundation, Google.org is providing a $3 million grant, helping drive long-term growth and implementation.

“We built Open Health Stack because we wanted to put the developers and community health care workers serving people on the edges of care back at the center of development and give them access to world-class tools for building next-gen digital health solutions,” said Kat Chou, Vice President at Google Research. “Contributing OHS to the Linux Foundation, with the support of WHO and a growing global community, ensures these building blocks will continue to evolve – now extending into AI for Global Digital Health – under governance that reflects the diversity of the communities they serve. OHS-SF makes it easier for developers everywhere to innovate on the next generation of digital health applications, and we’re proud to support its long-term success.”

Organizations that have expressed initial support for the Foundation include (in alphabetical order): Argusoft, Anthropic, Asia eHealth Information Network (AeHIN), the Center for Global Digital Health Innovation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Clinton Health Access Initiative, Endless Health, Google, HELINA, IntelliSOFT Consulting Limited, IPRD Solutions, Jacaranda Health, Khushi Baby, Medtronic Labs, Madiro, Microsoft, Nawi Tech, Ona, OpenMRS, PATH, The Agency Fund, The Summit Institute for Development, and the World Health Organization, as well as advisory support from UNICEF.

To ensure developers from low- and middle-income countries can participate directly in governance, OHS-SF is introducing an Implementer Program. This initiative allows small businesses, local consulting firms, and pre-revenue startups to join and shape the project direction without financial barriers.

OHS-SF is now open for participation. Learn more at ohs.foundation, and explore the project repositories at github.com/ohs-foundation. Reach out at membership@ohs.foundation to become a member and help shape the future of open digital health infrastructure.

Supporting Quotes
“Open, interoperable and locally adaptable digital infrastructure is essential for building sustainable health systems at scale. Through MEDPlat, our open source digital health platform, Argusoft has supported the implementation of standards-based health solutions across diverse and resource-constrained settings. This experience has shown us how shared standards, reusable technology and strong implementer communities can accelerate innovation while strengthening local ownership. Argusoft is proud to support the Open Health Stack Software Foundation and contribute towards an open, community-governed ecosystem that enables countries and developers to build trusted, AI-ready digital health solutions.”
– Sethuraman Venkatraman, President of HealthTech, Argusoft

“Interoperability has always been the bridge between innovation and impact in health systems. The launch of the Open Health Stack Software Foundation is a milestone for our region, as AeHIN has long championed open standards and community-owned digital health solutions to close equity gaps across Asia. A vendor-neutral, standards-based home for tools built on HL7 FHIR – and one that brings AI into the fold responsibly through AI Commons – speaks directly to what AeHIN has been advocating: interoperable, locally adaptable systems that put people, not platforms, at the center of care. This also reflects what we’ve been working on through our capacity-building, technical assistance efforts and digital health convergence workshops — local ownership over the tools and standards that power national health systems. We look forward to engaging with this Foundation.”
– Jai Ganesh Udayasankaran, Executive Director, Asia eHealth Information Network

“Standards-based, modular open architecture is what allows countries to own and operate their digital health stack end-to-end, without depending on external systems they can’t easily adapt or maintain. That technical autonomy shortens the runway from prototype to clinical and public health deployment. It lowers the risk of implementation failure, derisking donor and government investment, while opening the door for local private sector engagement by shortening the pathway to market. As AI becomes the next layer of this stack, these principles become more essential..”
– Smisha Agarwal, Director, Center for Global Digital Health Innovation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

“The OHS-SF is coming at the right time, bringing together key partners, from leading technology companies to the World Health Organization, to build the open source, community-managed tools we need for AI in global health to succeed. This initiative is directly in line with the AI Commons for Global Health initiative that CHAI is helping to steward and we look forward to close collaborations.”
– Ben Brockman, Senior Director of AI, Clinton Health Access Initiative

“The scale and impact of AI in health will ultimately be limited not by compute, but by the quality of our shared knowledge infrastructure. The Open Health Stack Software Foundation could provide exactly the kind of shared space and infrastructure the field needs – open enough for any developer to contribute to and for any health system to build on, and governed collectively so that it can be trusted. Endless Health is proud to support the creation of this important foundational infrastructure for global digital health.”
– Rubayat Khan, Director, Endless Health

“Productive utilization of digital health engineering competencies requires thoughtfully designed, fit-for-purpose tools. The OHS Software Foundation pragmatically enables HELINA to support open, standards-based innovation and more effective capacity building in Africa.”
– Steven Wanyee, Chair, HELINA Advisory Council

“At Summit Institute for Development, we have successfully implemented Open Health Stack tools to enable OpenSRP 2 functioning within Indonesia’s national and regional health system, achieving interoperability that is now locally adopted and financed by government resources for a population of 2.9 million, with potential scaling to 514 districts nationwide. This milestone demonstrates sustainability and ownership at the subnational level, while laying the foundation for national and global scaling. With AI-enabled capabilities being integrated, OHS is proving to be a transformative, vendor-neutral platform that empowers frontline health workers, strengthens continuity of care, and ensures equity in digital health.”
– Yuni Dwi Setiyawati, CEO, Summit Institute for Development

“Open Health Stack, as a Digital Public Good, helps countries access digital health ecosystems that are more accessible, safer and more inclusive. Every year millions of children remain invisible to the health systems meant to serve them, not because the tools do not exist, but because the conditions for those tools to scale and be sustained do not. UNICEF’s unique role of helping governments translate global standards into digitally-enabled health services at primary care and community level hinges on countries’ ability to access and deploy open, interoperable, digital solutions, from the point-of-care to the Health Information Exchange architecture. The Open Health Stack Software Foundation puts those foundations under community governance as digital public goods, lowering the barrier for every country to access and build digital ecosystems that find, reach and follow every child, including the most marginalized.”
– Sean Blaschke, Senior Adviser, Health, UNICEF

“WHO’s normative work, from SMART Guidelines to the WHO-ITU Reference Architecture for Digital Public Infrastructure, is built on the conviction that robust code and open interoperability standards like HL7 FHIR and ICD are not technical preferences but the precondition for health equity at scale. The Open Health Stack Software Foundation operationalizes that conviction in code. By providing community-maintained, standards-conformant libraries and toolkits, it lowers the cost of doing the right thing for every developer building health solutions, and it signals to countries and development partners that sustainable and interoperable digital health infrastructure is achievable today, and primed for the next wave of verifiable AI for health sector goals.”
– Alain Labrique, Director, World Health Organization Department of Data, Digital Health, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence

About the Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation is the world’s leading home for collaboration on open source software, hardware, standards, and data. Linux Foundation projects, including Linux, Kubernetes, Model Context Protocol (MCP), OpenChain, OpenSearch, OpenSSF, OpenStack, PyTorch, Ray, RISC-V, SPDX and Zephyr, provide the foundation for global infrastructure. The Linux Foundation is focused on leveraging best practices and addressing the needs of contributors, users, and solution providers to create sustainable models for open collaboration. For more information, please visit us at linuxfoundation.org.

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CamoAg and Pivot Bio Announce Multi-Year Agreement to Enhance Grower Engagement

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CHICAGO, July 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — CamoAg Inc., an industry-leading agriculture intelligence company that’s fundamentally reshaping how agribusinesses better understand and serve their producer customers, today announced a multi-year partnership agreement with Pivot Bio, one of agriculture’s leading companies. Under the new agreement, Pivot Bio will deploy the CamoAg platform’s advanced geospatial, data and intelligence tools to its operations.

The CamoAg platform, which is used by top retailers, input companies, lenders and other partners to improve decision-making, provides visibility into more than one million connected operations with over 800 million farmland acres analyzed across the U.S. The platform connects fragmented agricultural data into actionable insights, enabling agribusinesses to better understand market opportunities, improve customer engagement, optimize territory planning and make more informed go-to-market decisions.

“The partnership reflects a broader shift taking place across agriculture as agribusinesses increasingly seek to better understand producers, land and market opportunity in an increasingly complex operating environment,” said Corbett Kull, Founder and CEO of CamoAg. “Pivot Bio is helping reshape the future of crop nutrition, and this partnership is about enabling the company through stronger market understanding and more informed data and research.”

The announcement marks another milestone in CamoAg’s rapid growth as agribusinesses increasingly adopt modern data and intelligence tools across the ag value chain. As organizations across agriculture become more strategic in how they approach local markets, intelligence tools are becoming a foundational component across the industry.

“Agriculture has no shortage of data–the challenge is turning it into something commercial teams can actually use to make better decisions,” Kull added. “The companies that win over the next decade will be the ones that understand their customers and markets better than anyone else. We believe that’s where CamoAg can create enormous value.”

About CamoAg Inc.
CamoAg Inc. is a leading ag tech company exclusively serving agribusinesses with AI-driven market intelligence and sales execution tools. CamoAg unifies land, producer and commercial datasets into a single, easy-to-use command center on web and iOS. This enables commercial teams to optimize sales and marketing efforts by understanding their position in each target area, identifying prospects and growth opportunities, and simplifying analytics and reporting. Learn more at camo.ag or on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/camoag.

About Pivot Bio
Pivot Bio, one of the world’s leading agtech companies, delivers patented crop nutrition technologies that harness the power of nature to help farmers reliably and productively grow the food the world needs in the face of increasing volatility. Currently available in North America and soon in Brazil, the company’s products represent a breakthrough innovation and one of the agriculture industry’s most promising solutions. Pivot Bio has been recognized three times by TIME magazine on its annual list of Best Inventions, by Fast Company on its World Changing Ideas and World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies lists, by CNBC on its Disruptor 50 list, by Fortune on its Impact 20 list, and by MIT Technology Review as one of 15 climate tech companies to watch. For more information, visit Pivotbio.com.

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GARDNER WHITE AND CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN JOIN FORCES TO HELP MICHIGAN’S YOUNGEST LEARNERS THRIVE

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Statewide “Bring It Home for Kids” campaign expands access to early language, learning and family support programs during the years that matter most.

DETROIT, July 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Gardner White and Children’s Foundation of Michigan today announced the launch of Bring It Home for Kids, a statewide campaign dedicated to helping Michigan’s youngest children build the language, literacy and developmental skills that lay the foundation for lifelong success. The initiative will raise funds to expand access to programs ensuring more children enter kindergarten healthy, confident and ready to succeed while inviting communities across the state to invest in Michigan’s next generation.

The partnership is rooted in a shared belief that investing in children today creates a better Michigan for tomorrow.

“Every child deserves a foundation that sets them up for a bright future,” said Rachel Stewart, CEO of Gardner White. “Research has shown that the earliest years of life shape everything that follows, and we know that strong language and literacy skills begin long before a child ever walks into a classroom. At Gardner White, we’ve always believed our responsibility extends beyond the homes we furnish to the communities we call home. Investing in children and families is one of the most meaningful ways we can strengthen the communities we serve.”

By age five, 90% of brain development is already complete, making those early years one of the greatest opportunities to influence a child’s future success in school, health and life. Yet for many Michigan families, access to quality early childhood resources and support remains out of reach. Through Bring It Home for Kids, Gardner White and Children’s Foundation of Michigan are working to help close the gap.

“We’re incredibly grateful to Gardner White for their commitment to Michigan’s children and families,” said Andrew Stein, President & CEO of the Children’s Foundation of Michigan. “When businesses step forward to support children during the earliest years of life, the impact extends far beyond today. Together, we’re helping more children get the healthy start they deserve and creating stronger communities for generations to come.”

HOW IT WORKS
From July 9 through August 4, Gardner White will donate $50 for every qualifying in-store purchase of $500 or more to the Children’s Foundation of Michigan, turning every purchase into an investment in Michigan’s next generation while helping ensure more children have access to the resources they need during critical developmental years. The campaign will run at all Gardner White Michigan locations during this period, with the soon-to-open Gardner White Grand Rapids location participating August 6 through September 1.

Together, the funds raised will:

Expand access to quality early childhood education, healthcare and family support services.Increase developmental screenings, including hearing, vision and oral health.Grow early language, learning and literacy programs across Michigan.Equip parents and caregivers to become their child’s first and most influential teacher.Help more children enter school healthy, confident and ready to learn.

FUNDING PROCESS
Funding raised through Bring It Home for Kids will be distributed through the Children’s Foundation of Michigan’s established grantmaking process. Organizations interested in applying will be invited to submit proposals once funding priorities and application details are announced following the campaign.

Using the Foundation’s existing review process helps ensure funding is awarded transparently and directed to the programs that can have the greatest impact for Michigan’s children and families.

CELEBRATE THE BEST OF MICHIGAN
Additionally, as part of the Bring It Home for Kids campaign, Gardner White is inviting Michiganders to celebrate the people, places and traditions that make our state special through the Bring It Home for Kids sweepstakes. The sweepstakes features unforgettable Michigan experiences, including Detroit Lions season tickets, VIP access to America’s Thanksgiving Parade presented by Gardner White, a Detroit Grand Prix VIP experience, a $5,000 Gardner White shopping spree with complimentary GW Design services, family adventures across the state and more. Customers who make a qualifying purchase during the campaign period will be automatically entered to win.

Michiganders can enter by submitting an online entry. No purchase is necessary to enter or win. For complete sweepstakes details and official rules, visit www.gardner-white.com/childrens-foundation.

About Gardner White
Family-owned and operated for 114 years across four generations, Gardner White is Michigan’s #1 furniture and mattress retailer with 32 stores serving Michigan and beyond and parent company to GW HOME. Headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Gardner White is rooted in providing customers quality products, great value and innovative services, and is deeply dedicated to the communities they serve. Gardner White is the presenting sponsor of America’s Thanksgiving Parade and was recently named Top 100 Retailer in the United States, and Best Places to Work by Furniture Today and Crain’s Detroit Business.

For more information, visit www.gardner-white.com and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube and X. 

About the Children’s Foundation of Michigan
The Children’s Foundation of Michigan promotes health and wellbeing for children in Michigan through strategic grantmaking, advocacy, and fundraising efforts. The Foundation has a legacy of supporting efforts that create more equitable opportunities for kids, stewarding philanthropic funds from Children’s Hospital of Michigan dating back more than 130 years. Today, the Foundation advances the possibilities of philanthropy by building endowment for Michigan’s kids, improving durability of youth-serving organizations, and supporting donors in achieving their unique giving goals. Learn more at YourChildrensFoundation.org.

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Media Advisory – Minister Hodgson to mark milestone in Canada-Poland energy relationship

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GDANSK, July 9, 2026 /CNW/ – The Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, the Honourable Tim Hodgson, will travel to Poland for the announcement of progress on a significant clean electricity project. Media availability will follow for in-person journalists only.  

Date: Friday, July 10, 2026

Time: 12 p.m. CET

All accredited media are asked to pre-register by emailing media@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca. Details on how to participate will be provided upon registration.

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