Medical access in the region: Three Tongan patients received heart treatment in Fiji after doctors at Vaiola Hospital in Nuku’alofa said specialist care wasn’t available at home, including angiography and stent procedures at Pacific Specialist Healthcare in Nadi, with the Tongan Ministry of Health covering travel and medical costs. Health services & travel: Fiji is also positioning itself as a medical tourism hub, with PSH Hospitals reporting growing patient numbers from across the Pacific and highlighting its cardiac catheterisation and surgical capacity near Nadi International Airport. Climate resilience for health: New reporting spotlights “super reefs” in the Marshall Islands, Kiribati and Tuvalu—coral areas showing heat resilience that could help protect livelihoods and food sources as bleaching worsens. Safety and emergency health: In Betio, Kiribati, residents and workers are safer after a Kiribati–New Zealand operation to dispose of WWII unexploded ordnance, moving about 300 items and evacuating around 7,000 people when some degraded shells had to be detonated in the bunker, with medical personnel deployed during the operation. Regional health-related diplomacy: U.S. engagement with Kiribati and other Pacific partners included disaster-recovery support and broader cooperation following Pacific Islands Forum discussions.