Humanitarian Health Crisis: India’s Palestinian Embassy appealed for $100m in emergency medical aid for Gaza and the West Bank, citing destroyed hospitals, restricted access, and shortages of anesthesia, antibiotics, insulin, surgical tools, blood and generator fuel. Medicare Policy Shock: A new Medicare preapproval pilot in traditional Medicare is forcing some patients to seek insurer sign-off before procedures like epidurals, adding delays and extra trips. Care Access & Equity: Planned Parenthood in Missouri says medication abortion access is restarting after a court ruling, but it’s still limited to certain clinics and currently not available via telehealth. Hospital Operations: UPMC is relocating its advanced response ambulance (Squad 98) to its emergency medicine center, raising coordination questions for EMS partners. Public Health in Action: Mariposa County announced upcoming school immunization clinics in Coulterville and Greeley Hill. Regulatory & Safety: The FDA issued a recall for 11,460 bottles of chlorthalidone due to dissolution-spec failures. Biotech & Pharma Moves: Indonesia launched a Lancet-backed commission to reshape healthcare policy through 2045, while China’s biotech is rapidly closing the gap with the US in capabilities. Clinical Innovation: Solenic Medical received FDA IDE approval to start a pivotal trial of its non-invasive SOLA-2 system for periprosthetic joint infections.