Uber is expanding the services its brand provides.

Per the New York Post, the rideshare company is now delivering prescriptions under its Uber Health banner so people can avoid trips to the pharmacy during the pandemic. To do this, they are teaming up with NimbleRX, a startup that works with pharmacies and couriers to bring prescriptions to users’ homes.

In a statement about the new venture, Nimble founder and CEO states,  “Through this partnership with Uber Health, we are able to dramatically increase the availability of on-demand delivery of an essential product like prescriptions, which is leading to a further increase in demand in all markets we are already active in.”

So far, the service is only live in Seattle and Dallas. They plan on expanding it to other cities in the coming months.

10 Movies You Definitely Shouldn’t Watch If Coronavirus Scares You

• The Crazies

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  What happens when a toxin turns people into bloodthirsty lunatics? Well, The Crazies tell you.

• I Am Legend

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  Will Smith takes us on a ride in the post-apocalyptic thriller about a plague that turns humans into mutants. Good times.

• World War Z

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  "World War Z" - This apocalyptic action horror film is terrifying, but at least looking at Brad Pitt makes it better.
• 2012

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  This doomsday thriller featuring John Cusack isn't about viruses, but it does show what the end of the world could look like.

• Quarantine

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  A mysterious virus, death, and bloody thirsty killer - What more could you want on your television screen right now? This movie, from 2008, is so bad that it's good. Even better: it has a sequel you can watch too.

• Contagion

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  This movie has a killer cast (Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, and Kate Winslet all star in it), and its eerily similar to what we are currently dealing with amid the coronavirus outbreak.
• Pandemic

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  This docuseries, currently on Netflix, features the heroes trying to stop influenza, and it discusses how they are planning to stop the new global outbreak.

• Outbreak

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  This 1995 movie showed what happens after a African monkey with a deadly virus is smuggled into the U.S. It was scary then, and it's still scary now.

• Containment

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  Also on Netflix, this TV show explores what happens when a contagion sweeps through Atlanta. There are only 13 episodes, but they will have you on the edge of your seat.
• #93 Days

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  This film shows what happens when health workers fight to contain Ebola. What makes is scarier is that it's based on a true story.

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