Air Quality & Heating Upgrade: Ulaanbaatar is expanding cleaner winter heating as 5,000 households in Chingeltei and Bayangol use liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) heaters, with multi-stage gas leak protection and plans to convert eight more boilers this year; the switch at one school is cited as cutting pollution equivalent to removing 1,000 chimneys in ger areas, and 69 coal-fired water-heating boilers still need conversion. Health System Access for Families: The capital reports 131 education measures and 23 health projects are over 70% complete, with school renovations finishing by Aug 15 and school bus services for grades 1–6 starting this autumn—supporting safer, more reliable access to care-linked schooling. Public Health Alert (Plague): Mongolia confirmed a suspected bubonic plague case and issued a warning against consuming marmots, highlighting ongoing zoonotic risk in steppe communities. One Health & Food Safety: A genetic reanalysis challenges assumptions about animal reservoirs for Cyclospora cayetanensis in China, suggesting some animal positives may be misidentified, while also refining how outbreaks and surveillance can be tracked. Metabolic Health Research: New reviews discuss how ferroptosis may drive metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and how traditional Chinese medicine could target iron balance and lipid damage pathways. Regional Cooperation: Mongolia and China held consular consultations in Ulaanbaatar, including health-sector participation, to improve consular services and protect citizens’ rights during growing travel for work, study, and tourism.