diff --git a/src/components/day/__tests__/day-events-dose.test.tsx b/src/components/day/__tests__/day-events-dose.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f27d1f21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/day/__tests__/day-events-dose.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/**
+ * An intake under "What happened" reads as its name and the dose taken on
+ * one line, "Ramipril 5mg", as the same medication does under Running that
+ * day. The dose on a muted line of its own under the name read as
+ * "Ramipril / 5mg".
+ */
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { renderToStaticMarkup } from "react-dom/server";
+import { QueryClient, QueryClientProvider } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+
+import { I18nProvider } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
+import type { DayEvent } from "@/lib/day/contract";
+
+import { DayEvents } from "../day-sections";
+
+function event(
+  kind: DayEvent["kind"],
+  title: string,
+  meta: string | null,
+): DayEvent {
+  return {
+    at: null,
+    kind,
+    section: "medications",
+    id: `${kind}-1`,
+    title,
+    meta,
+    note: null,
+    docs: [],
+    href: null,
+  };
+}
+
+/** The text of each line under the event's time and icon: its <p>s. */
+function lines(events: DayEvent[]): string[] {
+  const html = renderToStaticMarkup(
+    <QueryClientProvider client={new QueryClient()}>
+      <I18nProvider initialLocale="en">
+        <DayEvents events={events} />
+      </I18nProvider>
+    </QueryClientProvider>,
+  );
+  return [...html.matchAll(/<p\b[^>]*>(.*?)<\/p>/g)].map((m) => m[1]);
+}
+
+describe("DayEvents dose", () => {
+  it("names an intake with its dose on one line", () => {
+    expect(lines([event("intake", "Ramipril", "5mg")])).toEqual([
+      "Ramipril 5mg",
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("names an intake without a dose by its name alone", () => {
+    expect(lines([event("intake", "Ramipril", null)])).toEqual(["Ramipril"]);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps a dose change's new dose on its own line", () => {
+    expect(lines([event("doseChange", "Ramipril", "10 mg")])).toEqual([
+      "Ramipril",
+      "10 mg",
+    ]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/components/day/day-sections.tsx b/src/components/day/day-sections.tsx
index 6f9993464..d41c63600 100644
--- a/src/components/day/day-sections.tsx
+++ b/src/components/day/day-sections.tsx
@@ -589,6 +589,13 @@ const EVENT_ICON: Record<DayEventKind, LucideIcon> = {
   lifeEvent: Flag,
 };
 
+/**
+ * Event kinds whose meta is the dose taken. It reads as part of the name,
+ * "Ramipril 5 mg", as under Running that day, not as a second line of its
+ * own under the name.
+ */
+const DOSE_META_EVENT_KINDS: ReadonlySet<DayEventKind> = new Set(["intake"]);
+
 export function DayEvents({ events }: { events: readonly DayEvent[] }) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
   const fmt = useFormatters();
@@ -599,9 +606,14 @@ export function DayEvents({ events }: { events: readonly DayEvent[] }) {
       <ul className="divide-border divide-y">
         {events.map((event) => {
           const Icon = EVENT_ICON[event.kind];
-          const meta = event.meta
-            ? dayMeta(event.kind, event.meta, t, event.title)
-            : null;
+          const doseInName =
+            !!event.meta && DOSE_META_EVENT_KINDS.has(event.kind);
+          const title = dayTitle(event.kind, event.title, t);
+          const name = doseInName ? `${title} ${event.meta}` : title;
+          const meta =
+            event.meta && !doseInName
+              ? dayMeta(event.kind, event.meta, t, event.title)
+              : null;
           return (
             <li
               key={`${event.kind}-${event.id}`}
@@ -633,12 +645,10 @@ export function DayEvents({ events }: { events: readonly DayEvent[] }) {
                     data-slot="day-event-link"
                     className="focus-visible:ring-ring/50 block text-sm leading-5 font-medium after:absolute after:inset-0 after:rounded-md after:content-[''] focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:after:ring-[3px] focus-visible:after:ring-inherit"
                   >
-                    {dayTitle(event.kind, event.title, t)}
+                    {name}
                   </Link>
                 ) : (
-                  <p className="text-sm leading-5 font-medium">
-                    {dayTitle(event.kind, event.title, t)}
-                  </p>
+                  <p className="text-sm leading-5 font-medium">{name}</p>
                 )}
                 {meta ? (
                   <p className="text-muted-foreground mt-0.5 text-xs">{meta}</p>
diff --git a/src/components/timeline/__tests__/lab-day-chip.test.tsx b/src/components/timeline/__tests__/lab-day-chip.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f0852f83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/timeline/__tests__/lab-day-chip.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/**
+ * A lab day's chip in the selection bar names its analytes and sets the
+ * count apart as a chip of its own, as a life event's category is. Run on
+ * after the names, "Hemoglobin, Total Cholesterol, LDL 5 lab values" read
+ * as one more analyte.
+ */
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { renderToStaticMarkup } from "react-dom/server";
+import { QueryClient, QueryClientProvider } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+
+import type { TimelineResponse } from "@/lib/day/contract";
+import { I18nProvider } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
+
+import { itemLine } from "../item-words";
+import { SelectionBar } from "../selection-bar";
+import type { SeriesValueFormat } from "../series-format";
+import { useSeriesValueFormat } from "../use-series-value-format";
+import { TODAY, item, wordsIn } from "./timeline-fixture";
+
+const LAB_DAY = item({
+  id: "lab-day:2026-06-26",
+  kind: "labDay",
+  start: "2026-06-26",
+  label: "Hemoglobin, Total Cholesterol, LDL",
+  sub: "5",
+});
+
+function timeline(): TimelineResponse {
+  return {
+    zoom: "all",
+    range: { from: "2026-01-01", to: "2026-12-31", dataFrom: "2026-01-01" },
+    bucket: "day",
+    lanes: [{ key: "labs", items: [LAB_DAY] }],
+    standing: [],
+    series: [],
+    availableSeries: [],
+    notable: [],
+  } as unknown as TimelineResponse;
+}
+
+function WithFormat({
+  build,
+}: {
+  build: (format: SeriesValueFormat) => React.ReactNode;
+}) {
+  return <>{build(useSeriesValueFormat())}</>;
+}
+
+function renderBar(): string {
+  return renderToStaticMarkup(
+    <QueryClientProvider client={new QueryClient()}>
+      <I18nProvider initialLocale="en">
+        <WithFormat
+          build={(format) => (
+            <SelectionBar
+              timeline={timeline()}
+              selected="2026-06-26"
+              today={TODAY}
+              seriesLabel={(key) => key}
+              seriesColor={() => "var(--chart-1)"}
+              seriesFormat={format}
+              onOpenDay={() => undefined}
+            />
+          )}
+        />
+      </I18nProvider>
+    </QueryClientProvider>,
+  );
+}
+
+/** The text a reader sees, tags dropped. */
+const textOf = (html: string) => html.replace(/<[^>]*>/g, "");
+
+describe("lab day in the selection bar", () => {
+  it("sets the count apart from the analyte names", () => {
+    const html = renderBar();
+    const chip = html.match(
+      /<button[^>]*data-slot="timeline-selection-chip"[^>]*>(.*?)<\/button>/,
+    )?.[1];
+    expect(chip).toBeDefined();
+    const tag = chip!.match(
+      /<span[^>]*data-slot="timeline-selection-tag"[^>]*>(.*?)<\/span>/,
+    );
+    expect(tag?.[1]).toBe("5 lab values");
+    expect(textOf(chip!.replace(tag![0], ""))).toBe(
+      "Hemoglobin, Total Cholesterol, LDL, Jun 26",
+    );
+    expect(textOf(chip!)).not.toContain("LDL 5 lab values");
+  });
+
+  it("brackets the count in the screen-reader line", () => {
+    expect(itemLine(LAB_DAY, wordsIn("en"), "")).toBe(
+      "Hemoglobin, Total Cholesterol, LDL (5 lab values)",
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/components/timeline/item-words.ts b/src/components/timeline/item-words.ts
index 4767d830e..5f4267845 100644
--- a/src/components/timeline/item-words.ts
+++ b/src/components/timeline/item-words.ts
@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@ export interface ItemWords {
   /** Its second line (a dose, a count), or null when none. */
   sub: string | null;
   /**
-   * A category set apart from the name (a life event's "Home"): shown as a
-   * chip or on its own muted line, never run on after the name, where
-   * "Moved into a bigger flat Home" read as one title.
+   * A category or a count set apart from the name (a life event's "Home", a
+   * lab day's "5 lab values"): shown as a chip, on its own muted line or in
+   * brackets, never run on after the name, where "Moved into a bigger flat
+   * Home" and "Hemoglobin, LDL 5 lab values" read as one title.
    */
   tag?: string | null;
 }
@@ -108,9 +109,11 @@ export function makeItemWords(
       }
       case "labDay": {
         const count = Number(item.sub);
+        // The label lists analyte names; the count is set apart from them.
         return {
           label: item.label,
-          sub:
+          sub: null,
+          tag:
             Number.isInteger(count) && count > 0
               ? tCount("timeline.item.labValues", count)
               : null,
@@ -130,17 +133,22 @@ export function makeItemWords(
 
 /**
  * The line an item reads as: its label, its second line (a dose change's
- * dose is drawn as its own mark, so it is left out here) and the
- * unknown-start note in brackets: "Ramipril 5 mg (start unknown)". The
- * parts are set apart by a space, never by a separator glyph.
+ * dose is drawn as its own mark, so it is left out here), its tag and the
+ * unknown-start note in brackets: "Ramipril 5 mg (start unknown)",
+ * "Hemoglobin, LDL (5 lab values)". The parts are set apart by a space,
+ * never by a separator glyph.
  */
 export function itemLine(
   item: TimelineItem,
   words: ItemWordsFn,
   startMissing: string,
 ): string {
-  const { label, sub } = words(item);
-  const base = [label, item.kind === "doseChange" ? null : sub]
+  const { label, sub, tag } = words(item);
+  const base = [
+    label,
+    item.kind === "doseChange" ? null : sub,
+    tag ? `(${tag})` : null,
+  ]
     .filter(Boolean)
     .join(" ");
   return item.startKnown || !startMissing ? base : `${base} (${startMissing})`;
diff --git a/src/components/timeline/selection-bar.tsx b/src/components/timeline/selection-bar.tsx
index 5686606ff..7c844e611 100644
--- a/src/components/timeline/selection-bar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/timeline/selection-bar.tsx
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ export function SelectionBar({
         const { label, sub, tag } = words(item);
         const name = [label, sub].filter(Boolean).join(" ");
         const text = `${name}, ${when}`;
-        // A life event's category is a chip of its own inside the entry,
-        // never run on after its title.
+        // A life event's category and a lab day's count are a chip of
+        // their own inside the entry, never run on after its title.
         const category = tag ? (
           <span
             data-slot="timeline-selection-tag"
diff --git a/src/components/timeline/timeline-chart.tsx b/src/components/timeline/timeline-chart.tsx
index d8cbc2fdb..86eee576c 100644
--- a/src/components/timeline/timeline-chart.tsx
+++ b/src/components/timeline/timeline-chart.tsx
@@ -875,8 +875,8 @@ export function PointMark({
   intl: string;
 }) {
   const { x, y, item, shape } = point;
-  const { label, sub } = useItemWords()(item);
-  const title = `${[label, sub].filter(Boolean).join(" ")}: ${formatAtPrecision(item.start, item.precision, intl)}`;
+  const { label, sub, tag } = useItemWords()(item);
+  const title = `${[label, sub, tag ? `(${tag})` : null].filter(Boolean).join(" ")}: ${formatAtPrecision(item.start, item.precision, intl)}`;
   let glyph: React.ReactNode;
   switch (shape) {
     case "diamond":