Today’s health-adjacent headlines trace a stark spectrum from personal safety to the politics of accountability. In Austria, a court convicted a 21-year-old man over a foiled plot targeting a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna, underscoring continuing fears around mass-casualty attacks at major public events. In consumer health tech, Oura unveiled its slimmer Ring 5, betting that smaller, more accurate wearable devices tracking sleep, stress and heart metrics can keep momentum high ahead of an expected IPO. Elsewhere, legal and political battles spilled into the public-health conversation: the Justice Department has reportedly opened a criminal probe into E. Jean Carroll over possible perjury tied to her lawsuits against Donald Trump, while California Governor Gavin Newsom proposed a 100% tax on any state residents receiving payouts from Trump’s “anti-weaponization” fund. In Scotland, a court sentenced Nicole Blain to at least 19 years for the murder of her 19-day-old daughter, Thea Wilson.