Medical Tourism Watch: Travel And Tour World (TTW) released its Top 50 Medical Tourism Destinations for 2026, highlighting countries leading in healthcare quality, specialist care, affordability, and recovery experiences. Public Health & Waste: Greater Chennai Corporation is set to speed up biomining at polluted dump yards to cut solid-waste health risks, improve pollution control, and restore greenery after legacy waste delays. Pediatric Flu Safety: Paediatric specialists are urging urgent emergency care for children with severe flu-like symptoms, warning about breathing trouble, high fever, and vomiting/diarrhoea after two child deaths linked to flu-related illness. Eye Care Access in Peru: Orbis Flying Eye Hospital is expanding essential eye care in Peru, including an ophthalmic training project in Arequipa to widen local capacity. AI Governance in Healthcare: A podcast episode featuring former Peruvian President Francisco Sagasti and Dr. Ashish Jha focused on how governments should regulate fast-changing AI in medicine to avoid widening health inequalities and biosecurity risks. Nutrition Policy Impact: A Chilean study in The Lancet links combined food labeling and marketing rules with modest reductions in childhood obesity risk, supporting multipronged approaches. Infectious Disease Alert: New research suggests Oropouche virus may have infected far more people across Latin America and the Caribbean than previously recorded, raising the public health priority.