Wildfire Smoke Health Alerts: Northern Michigan agencies warned residents that Canadian wildfire smoke is pushing PM2.5 into hazardous levels, urging people—especially kids, older adults, pregnant people, and those with asthma/COPD/heart disease—to limit time outdoors and use MERV-13 filters or air purifiers. Long-Term Care Oversight: CMS announced a nationwide risk-based survey process for high-performing nursing homes, aiming to cut survey time and staffing needs while keeping at least every-15-month oversight. Medicaid Pressure on Hospitals: Federal Medicaid cuts are already hitting rural care, with local hospitals facing revenue strain as coverage and funding tighten. Obesity and Work: A UK study linked obesity to job loss, estimating weight-related unemployment for hundreds of thousands of Britons. Produce Safety & Cyclospora: Health officials continued tracking rising Cyclospora/cyclosporiasis cases and urged safer handling of fresh produce amid multi-state spread. School Deworming Safety: The Philippines DOH said albendazole used in school deworming is generally safe, responding after a child death raised concerns and sparked misinformation fears. Global Health Financing: Nepal pushed for mainstreaming the right to development in global financing, while Kenya and the US signed a major health cooperation framework aimed at Universal Health Coverage. Assisted Dying Law: France’s National Assembly gave final approval to an assisted-dying bill, adding another major ethics-and-health policy shift to the week’s headlines.