Public Health Policy: The FTC warned 24 large health systems about price transparency gaps, calling out missing or misleading costs for scheduled non-emergency care—an issue that hits rural patients, seniors, and veterans hardest. Infectious Disease Watch: U.S. officials say they’re monitoring a suspected pneumonic plague situation in Russia after a lab worker’s death, while Russia denies a broader outbreak; separate news also confirms Kenya’s first-ever Ebola case tied to travel from Congo. Clinical Care & Access: New evidence-based hypertension clinical practice guidelines update primary-care management and expand how GLP-1s may fit for patients with obesity and high blood pressure. Health Tech in Practice: Tanner Health in west Georgia/east Alabama is rolling out an AI ECG assessment for suspected heart attacks across ambulances and facilities. Behavioral Health Capacity: Spartanburg Regional opened an 11-bed inpatient adolescent behavioral health unit to keep teens closer to home. Health Costs & Coverage: A federal pilot would fund medically tailored, home-delivered meals for chronic illness patients after clinic visits. Reproductive Rights Politics: Wisconsin candidate David Crowley announced a plan for a constitutional amendment protecting reproductive freedom, including abortion.