Nurse Death Ruled Homicide; Hospital Workers Missing in N.C.; Human Hairball Surgery

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The death of a traveling nurse in Ohio has been ruled a homicide. (WLWT)

Hurricane Helene’s death toll surpassed 200, making it the third deadliest storm in the 21st century. (Axios)

Forty-two North Carolina hospital workers are unaccounted for days after Helene hit. (NBC News)

Hospitals nationwide are conserving IV fluid supplies after the hurricane struck a critical Baxter manufacturing plant. (NBC News)

And in the aftermath of the hurricane, many residents of Asheville, North Carolina, could be without water for weeks. (NPR)

Less than one half of adults ages 65 or older with an outpatient COVID-19 diagnosis received a recommended COVID-19 antiviral medication. (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)

A medallion created and inscribed by Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming, and containing some of the original mold involved in the discovery of penicillin, is going up for auction. (CNN)

Rwanda will start clinical trials of experimental vaccines and treatments for Marburg disease in the next several weeks. (Reuters)

CVS Health is laying off 3,000 employees, mostly in corporate roles. (USA Today)

Factory workers are being killed by machinery that isn’t powered down during maintenance. (Wall Street Journal)

The risk level of contracting Eastern equine encephalitis in several Massachusetts towns has been lowered and is no longer considered high risk or critical. (MassLive)

A young girl with a hair-chewing habit — a symptom of “Rapunzel syndrome” — had surgery to remove a hairball in her stomach. (People)

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) wants CMS to make sure hospital transparency data is actually usable. (Fierce Healthcare)

A former doctor whose participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was killed in a shooting at her West Seattle home. (FOX13)

The genetic testing company 23andMe struggles to survive, prompting questions about the company’s plans for the DNA data of 15 million customers. (NPR)