Health IT Disruption: Portugal’s National Health Service is hit by a widespread IT outage, leaving primary care and parts of hospital care unable to access key systems like electronic prescriptions and incapacity certificates. Funding & Access: Guam’s Mangilao hospital project faces a funding reallocation as a Dec. 31 deadline nears, with federal money tied to specific utility spending. Supply Chain Shock: A massive Medline warehouse fire near Tracy, California, has prompted FedEx pauses and Medline rerouting, raising the odds of short-term medical delivery delays. Medicare Fraud: Bucks County officials warn seniors about a Medicare scam using spoofed “District Attorney” caller IDs—advising people to hang up and verify through authorities. Continuity of Care: Bangladesh’s DGHS orders six government hospitals in Dhaka to treat patients referred from Ad-din Women’s Medical College Hospital after its licence was cancelled. Hospital Operations: Oak Park shuts West Suburban Medical Center after the last elevator fails, forcing dialysis patients to scramble for alternative sites. Data & Accountability: Labcorp agrees to a $35M settlement over a breach tied to a debt-collection vendor that exposed data for millions. Policy & Oversight: Florida announces a Medicaid integrity initiative with provider screening, fraud detection tech, and statewide revalidation. Cancer Breakthrough Buzz: A new pancreatic cancer drug, daraxonrasib, is reported to nearly double survival time in late-stage trials, though FDA approval is still pending.