CARICOM Regional Health & Inclusion: CARICOM has formally begun a new chapter under Saint Lucia Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre, with French Guiana signing on as CARICOM’s eighth Associate Member—an early signal of wider cooperation across trade, climate resilience, security, education, health, environmental protection, culture, and people-to-people links. Heat-Safety Medication Watch: A new health explainer highlights which medicines can raise heat-related risk by interfering with the body’s cooling response, with extra attention for infants, older adults, people with chronic conditions or disabilities, and those facing social isolation or harsh work/living conditions; it flags drug classes like diuretics, laxatives, antihypertensives (ACE inhibitors and sartans), and psychotropic medicines. Local Wellness Science: Researchers report that gut bacteria from the dyeing poison dart frog (native to Brazil, French Guiana, and Suriname) may influence fat metabolism and insulin sensitivity in mice, pointing to potential future directions for metabolic disorder treatments.