Healthcare Access & Capacity: Quebec’s Info-Santé 811 is seeing sharply rising nurse call wait times, with the average ballooning from about 30 minutes in 2022 to nearly 56 minutes in 2025, leaving callers frustrated—especially those without a family doctor. Public Health & Policy: India’s NEET-PG 2026 is set for Aug. 30 with 2,73,183 registered candidates; the Health Minister says it will run in a single shift across ~340 cities and ~1,300 centres with stronger security and tech. Ebola Response: WHO warns the DR Congo Ebola outbreak is intensifying at an “exceptional” pace, with 3,605 confirmed cases and 1,587 deaths reported as transmission and fatalities keep climbing. Medical Education & Infrastructure: Tripura’s CM/Health Minister says Agartala Government Medical College aims to become a top NE research and super-specialty hub, while CUHK plans a new medical building and 10th college in Pak Shek Kok to expand research capacity. Pharma & Safety: Sun Pharma has issued a distributor withdrawal notice for multiple eye drops, asking partners to stop billing and return stock as a precaution. Tobacco & Harm Reduction: Filipino doctors point to a new review suggesting heated tobacco products carry far lower lung cancer risk than cigarettes, supporting tobacco harm reduction. Industry Watch: India’s corporate CSR spending in Kerala hit a record ₹616.57 crore in 2024-25, more than doubling since 2020-21.