Former New York Jets left tackle D'Brickashaw Ferguson said on a recent podcast that he is enrolling in nursing school in the fall after taking classes at a community college to fulfill his prerequisite courses, in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from Maryland, Illinois, and New York.

• Maryland: FDA last week announced it's working with Qilu Pharmaceuticals and Apotex Corp. to temporarily import the chemotherapy drug cisplatin, amid a national shortage. FDA said it's carefully assessing the imported products to ensure they are safe for patients in the United States. (AHA News, 6/2)
• Illinois: Walgreens Boots Alliance announced it will be laying off 504 corporate employees representing around 10% of its corporate workforce following a lawsuit the company settled earlier this month with San Francisco in which Walgreens agreed to pay $230 million for its sales of opioids that contributed to the city's opioid crisis. Most of the layoffs will occur at Walgreens' headquarters in Deerfield or in its Chicago office. (Gordon, DailyMail, 5/27)
• New York: Former New York Jets left tackle D'Brickashaw Ferguson said on a recent podcast that he is enrolling in nursing school in the fall after taking classes at a community college to fulfill his prerequisite courses. Ferguson previously earned a religious studies degree from the University of Virginia in 2006 before being selected as the No. 4 overall pick by the Jets in the 2006 NFL Draft. Ferguson said he doesn't know what type of nursing he'd prefer for his career, but mentioned nurse practitioner or a position in urgent care as options. (Gharib, USA Today, 6/5)