AI in Singapore healthcare: Singapore launches SIMFONI, a national AI medical model initiative trained on local clinical data, starting with cardiometabolic decision support and eye-disease diagnosis, with plans to plug into electronic medical records. Public health integrity: SGH and NHG warn the public about TikTok impersonators selling health products, stressing the accounts are unauthorised. Workforce redesign in hospitals: NHG Health’s CHI Workforce Accelerator aims to move healthcare job transformation from planning to execution via job redesign, rapid prototyping and cross-sector testing over 3–6 months. Nature for mental wellbeing: NParks’ Saraca Stream Nature Immersion Trail in Singapore Botanic Gardens becomes Asia’s first formally certified forest-therapy trail, offering a self-guided “forest bathing” experience. Tech for wellbeing and care access: iCare HMO Philippines wins two Insurance Asia Awards for its Telemed7 AI telemedicine platform and the Super Preferred Clinics primary-care partnership model. Safety and abuse cases: A Singapore man pleaded guilty to extreme abuse of a 6-year-old boy, and in Melbourne a trainee doctor pleaded guilty to secretly filming hundreds of colleagues in toilets and showers. Digital-age protections: Singapore seeks public input on restricting social media for children under 13 and limiting usage for teens, including disabling infinite scrolling and blocking private messages from strangers. Local innovation spotlight: Researchers at NTU develop miniature diving suits for cyborg cockroaches that can survive in low-oxygen and CO2-filled environments, with potential for search-and-rescue and future space exploration.