Data Privacy & Accountability: A multistate settlement reached with Labcorp over the 2019 AMCA data breach underscores how vendor security failures can still expose patients’ sensitive information. Public Safety & Health Care Access: New Jersey’s health system news includes Valley Hospital installing a next-gen Gamma Knife system, expanding non-surgical brain tumor treatment options. Occupational Health: A new report spotlights the artificial-stone silicosis crisis, warning that workers face preventable but deadly exposure to crystalline silica. Mental Health & Consumer Protection: Polymarket rolled out deposit limits and mental health resources as regulators and lawsuits intensify scrutiny of prediction-market practices. Homelessness Policy: Federal policy is shifting away from “Housing First,” raising concerns that vulnerable people could lose stability and services. Immigration & Health Impacts: Attorney General Tong opposed a DHS rule that would fast-track asylum seekers into removal proceedings without an interview, a change critics say could worsen outcomes for families. Nursing Home Oversight: Massachusetts is moving to tighten nursing home transaction oversight after reporting raised questions about long gaps in enforcement. Community Health & Preparedness: Ocean City assessed storm damage after a nor’easter with major tidal flooding, noting recent beach replenishment helped protect dunes.