Heat & health risk: Germany is reporting nearly 10,000 heat-related deaths in 2026, underscoring how extreme summer temperatures are becoming a major public health threat. Child health & vaccines: A U.S. physician warns parents about vaccine misinformation tied to changing childhood immunization recommendations, stressing that vaccine-preventable diseases are rare largely because of past success. Maternal & women’s health tech: An Edinburgh biotech spin-out, Kāhu SiliconBio, won £1.2m to build continuous hormone monitoring aimed at improving research and diagnosis for conditions like endometriosis and PCOS. Healthcare systems & spending: A new analysis argues universal health coverage gaps persist as health aid and public spending face pressure, with funding cuts in major donor countries. Safety & emergency response: Police in Witten launched an investigation after a woman was allegedly deliberately run over, while a separate search for a missing 9-year-old boy near the German-Luxembourg border ended with him found safe. Research & innovation: Germany’s digital ministry signed a pact with midsize public-sector IT providers to push interoperable open standards—aimed at preventing new dependency as AI cloud services expand.