UAE Traditional Medicine: The UAE is moving to formally integrate time-honored healing into modern care, setting up an integrative medicine council to bridge old and new. Tribal Health Investment: Chickasaw Nation broke ground on a $1B medical campus in Newcastle, aiming to expand inpatient care, research, and staffing for Native communities and beyond. Remote Monitoring Policy: RPM Healthcare urged CMS to keep flexible remote physiologic/therapeutic monitoring models in the 2027 Medicare physician fee schedule, warning staffing limits could disrupt patient access. Medicaid Work Rules Fight: A federal judge refused to pause Medicaid work requirements for some terminally ill patients, keeping a “prove you’re too sick” exemption pathway in place while legal battles continue. Medicaid Coverage Changes: Medicare Advantage insurers are redrawing 2027 plans, with members set to learn changes via letters this fall. Medical Supply Coordination: Kenya and partners are drafting a regional plan to jointly buy emergency medical supplies during outbreaks to cut costs and speed access. Prison Medical Release Denied: Illinois’ Prisoner Review Board rejected Sean Grayson’s medical release request, despite claims of advanced colon cancer. Medical Cannabis Legal Pressure: Florida’s appeals court backed an employer’s ability to discipline workers over off-duty medical marijuana use, and Brazil’s Supreme Court authorized an investigation into Lula’s son over alleged influence in medical cannabis commercialization.