YouTube Removes RFK Jr. Video; Tick-Borne Virus Spreads; Woman in Ecuador Dies Again

— Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff

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YouTube said it , a 2024 Democratic presidential hopeful, due to what the company said was vaccine misinformation. (NBC News)

Vaccine scientist Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, said after billionaires and Joe Rogan urged him to debate Kennedy. (Forbes)

More than 1,300 nurses from Providence Portland Medical Center and other nurses from two other Providence Health System locations Monday morning. (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, a deadly tick-borne viral disease usually found in Africa, Asia, or the Middle East, is and is "highly likely" to spread to the U.K. (Newsweek)

The FDA put a CAR-T cell therapy trial after a patient died. (Fierce Biotech)

Conservative U.S. politicians in the European medical community about transgender care. (Wall Street Journal)

Pharmaceutical companies filed lawsuits to . (CNBC)

About 1.5 million people since the end of the COVID-19 health emergency. (Associated Press)

Parents called for better after children in some states missed opportunities for early interventions. (NBC News)

The first person , Donald Triplett, died at 89. (Associated Press)

Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson supported new weight loss drugs, with them. (The Daily Mail)

The FDA advised COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers to develop vaccines with a in preparation for the fall.

Researchers are working on . (TIME)

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed a bill to extend the duration of for new mothers. (CNN)

An Ecuadoran woman was pronounced dead for a second time, according to local health officials. (The Washington Post)

Daniel Ellsberg, 92, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, . (Washington Post)

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    Michael DePeau-Wilson is a reporter on ’s enterprise & investigative team. He covers psychiatry, long covid, and infectious diseases, among other relevant U.S. clinical news.