Cancer care & policy: Bhutan Cancer Society (BCS) launched a six-month EU-supported project to work more closely with media, aiming to move cancer coverage beyond one-off awareness events toward prevention, early detection, survivorship, palliative care and stronger policy follow-through. Youth sexual health push: RENEW’s youth-led advocacy series brought adolescents to engage MPs on comprehensive sexuality education, consent, gender equality, mental wellbeing, online safety and youth-friendly services, with 57 students from western dzongkhags taking part. Public health screening in remote areas: Bhutan’s Nomadic Health Camp in Merak and Sakteng screened 2,294 people and found high burdens of raised blood pressure (39.6%), elevated blood sugar (11.5%), plus conditions needing follow-up such as cataracts, syphilis and hepatitis B. Food affordability alarm: Bhutan’s egg prices remain among the highest in South Asia, with CCAA reporting about Nu 18 per egg and recommending import reforms and better support for domestic poultry. Drug misuse controls: Bhutan Food and Drug Authority tightened rules on tapentadol and nitrous oxide after reports of misuse, bringing them under stricter legal schedules. Animal health & livelihoods: In Samtse, pig farmers say an insurance scheme arrived too late for animals already reared as an outbreak wiped out many pigs, leaving households without relief. Hospital safety & infection risk: An opinion piece warns that hospital “visiting love” can increase risk from multidrug-resistant organisms and urges people—especially vulnerable patients—to avoid unnecessary hospital exposure.