Madeline Halpert, Forbes Staff

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YouTube Will Take Down Abortion-Related Misinformation

YouTube will remove content that “promotes or provides instructions” for unsafe abortion procedures without scientific support as well as false claims such as that the procedure causes infertility, the company said.

YouTube Will Take Down Abortion-Related Misinformation

YouTube will remove content that “promotes or provides instructions” for unsafe abortion procedures without scientific support as well as false claims such as that the procedure causes infertility, the company said.

Shares Of One Medical Surge 68% After Amazon Agrees To Buy Health Care Company For $3.9 Billion

The acquisition comes after shares of 1Life Healthcare, the parent of One Medical, have tumbled over the past year.

U.S. Ordering 2.5 Million More Monkeypox Vaccines Amid Reported Rollout Woes

The additional order will bring the total number of monkeypox vaccines in the U.S. to 7 million by mid 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services said Friday.

More Than A Third Of U.S. Counties In Covid ‘Red’ Zone, According To CDC

Red zones indicate high levels of community transmission and hospitalizations.

Don’t Wait Until The Fall To Get Boosted Against Covid, CDC Says

Holding out until October or November for an omicron-specific Covid-19 shot is “not a good plan,” Centers for Disease Control Director Rochelle Walensky said on Tuesday.

Pharmacists Can Prescribe Pfizer’s Covid Antiviral Paxlovid, FDA Says

The move comes as the White House pushes to make Covid-19 antiviral pills more widely available.

Highly Contagious BA.5 Variant Becomes Dominant In U.S. As Covid Cases Rise

The BA.5 strain—a subvariant of omicron—accounted for more than half of all U.S. coronavirus cases last week, as federal regulators encourage drugmakers to retool their vaccines to target new virus strains this fall.

FDA Advisory Panel Endorses Omicron-Specific Covid Boosters—Here’s When You Should Get Your Next Shot

The Centers for Disease Control recommends adults ages 50 years and older as well as some who are immunocompromised receive a second booster shot.

Republican Counties Have Higher Mortality Rates Than Democratic Ones, Study Finds

Mortality rates decreased by 22% in Democratic counties compared to 11% in Republican counties from 2001 to 2019, according to the study.