Overcrowding in the emergency department could be a barrier to the early administration of antibiotics for sepsis, according to a study published in Annals of Emergency Medicine.

Officials at Yakima, Wash.-based Astria Regional Medical Center — previously Yakima Regional — said the hospital may end funding for its residency programs by June 30, 2019, according to the Yakima Herald.

Despite spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on medical school, physicians are increasingly forgoing medical practice in favor of other health-related ventures, claiming they can do more to improve care delivery worldwide as entrepreneurs, The Boston Globe reports.

The second flu-associated pediatric death of the 2018-19 season was reported in the week ending Nov. 17, according to the CDC's most recent FluView report. The child lived in Florida, according to the state health department. 

The CDC and the City of Lubbock Health Department are investigating 27 cases of a rare, multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Lubbock, Texas, according to a KCBD report.

The use of examination gloves in hospitals may present a barrier to hand hygiene, especially among nurses, according to a study cited by Healio.

Patient satisfaction with surgeon care does not appear to be linked to whether or not they experienced complications after an operation, a study published in Surgery found.

Clostridium difficile, a dangerous infection that typically plagues hospital patients, is increasingly being found outside hospitals, and traditional C. diff risk factors may no longer explain many infections, a physician told NPR.

Ohio has seen more than 900 hepatitis A cases that also are affecting neighboring states, according to CBS Pittsburgh.

FDA officials have potentially traced the E. coli outbreak in romaine lettuce to farms in California, according to Fox 6.