Cave Rescue Update: Laos rescuers are racing to find two men feared trapped in a flooded cave network after heavy rains, with teams trying new access routes and using pumps to drain water as uncertainty grows over possible leads like “knocking” sounds and a newly found vertical shaft. Nutrition & Child Health: Luang Prabang reports progress in treating severe acute malnutrition using UNICEF ready-to-use therapeutic food, with health workers coaching caregivers on balanced feeding during home-based treatment. Maternal Health in ASEAN: An ILO report flags uneven maternity protection across ASEAN, stressing that women in informal work and migrant workers still face gaps in healthcare support and benefit adequacy. Border Health Cooperation: Cambodia and Laos plan to expand public health collaboration, including malaria prevention and faster outbreak response at border gates, through a new MoU and shared provincial training. Laos-India Health Links: Lao officials and India leaders reaffirm plans to deepen cooperation in trade and also health/medicine, alongside broader connectivity and people-to-people exchanges. Public Health & Wellness: A new evidence mapping reviews acupuncture for postherpetic neuralgia, reflecting ongoing interest in non-drug pain relief options. Wildlife & Community Wellbeing: Laos authorities, with Free the Bears, rescued 27 moon bears from an illegal bile farm, highlighting links between animal welfare, public health, and safer traditional medicine.