Why Hospital Gowns Are Ugly; Mass Food Poisoning in Maryland; Eli Lilly Files Suit

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In Washington state, four agricultural workers after contact with infected poultry at a commercial egg farm.

In Howard County, Maryland, with apparent food poisoning. (Washington Post)

A group of Philadelphia-area health systems will in four clinical decision tools used in lung, kidney, and ob-gyn care.

Oral semaglutide adjunctive to standard of care of major adverse cardiovascular events in adults with type 2 diabetes compared with placebo, the SOUL double-blinded randomized controlled trial showed, Novo Nordisk said.

Meanwhile, Eli Lilly for selling products claiming to contain tirzepatide, the main ingredient in the company's weight-loss drug Zepbound. (Reuters)

More than 2,400 went on strike in Southern California, citing increased workloads and staffing shortages. (AP)

Here's why mental illness may . (New York Times)

After 44 days in the hospital, this 12-year-old boy is as others face difficulties receiving the new gene therapy he was treated with. (New York Times)

Despite regulatory scrutiny, private equity deals in healthcare are . (Wall Street Journal)

A doctor is Ukraine's plunging birth rate. (NPR)

Is the Eat, Sleep, Console approach with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome? (KFF Health News)

Misconceptions are from popular birth control methods. (USA Today)

An emergency department physician with former President Donald Trump's healthcare policies. (Newsweek)

When this young teenager gave birth, her care was . (Washington Post)

An anesthesiologist's singing . (NPR)

A former eye surgeon is looking for a way to as it did hers. (STAT)

These New Jersey medical students to patients. (Fox News)