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

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

by
Michael DePeau-Wilson, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today
June 20, 2023

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YouTube said it removed a video featuring Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 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 he was stalked at his Texas home 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 went on strike 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 spreading to new countries and is “highly likely” to spread to the U.K. (Newsweek)

The FDA put a hold on Gilead’s phase II CAR-T cell therapy trial after a patient died. (Fierce Biotech)

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

Pharmaceutical companies filed lawsuits to strike down Medicare’s new drug-price negotiations. (CNBC)

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

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

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

Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson supported new weight loss drugs, despite not achieving personal success with them. (The Daily Mail)

The FDA advised COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers to develop vaccines with a monovalent XBB 1.5 composition in preparation for the fall.

Researchers are working on at-home tests for Lyme disease. (TIME)

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

An Ecuadoran woman who was found alive in her coffin after being declared dead was pronounced dead for a second time, according to local health officials. (The Washington Post)

Daniel Ellsberg, 92, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, died at 92 from pancreatic cancer. (Washington Post)