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J&J recalls Aveeno, Neutrogena sunscreens after carcinogen found in sprays
After internal testing identified low levels of benzene in some samples, J&J said it has decided to recall these products from the market.
Benzene is classified as a human carcinogen, a substance that could potentially cause cancer depending on the level and extent of exposure.
“While benzene is not an ingredient in any of our sunscreen products, it was detected in some samples of the impacted aerosol sunscreen finished products,” the company said.
Policybazaar launches Employee Health Insurance
“The need for a food delivery company with 1000 delivery riders is very different from a small corporate that has tech geniuses working from home,” The one-size-fits-all approach cannot work anymore since businesses, their operations and their wallets are different and complex,” said Sarbvir Singh, CEO – Policybazaar.com.
Child diseases on rise as COVID-19 slows routine vaccinations -U.N.
Ten countries, led by India and Nigeria, account for the bulk of the 22.7 million children left unvaccinated or under-vaccinated against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DTP) in 2020 – 3.7 million more than in 2019 and the most since 2009, it said regarding a key indicator of childhood vaccination rates.
India’s COVID-19 infection rate edges up, with second wave yet to abate
“We must guard ourselves against complacency and laxity, which creep in as positivity declines,” Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla told them in a letter on Wednesday, at a time when most cities have lifted strict lockdowns.
Assam private hospitals directed no COVID-19 patient be refused admission for having health insurance
The Health and Family Welfare Department said that it has received reports of some private hospitals refusing admission to COVID-19 patients despite having medical insurance.It referred to an order by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDA) in March last year that removed all hurdles in the policies and had directed that the cases should be handled expeditiously.
Sharp rise in Africa COVID-19 deaths, WHO reports
The rising caseload comes amid inadequate vaccine supplies. So far, 52 million people in Africa have been inoculated, which is just 1.6 per cent of total COVID-19 vaccinations worldwide.
Meanwhile, roughly 1.5 per cent of the continent’s population, or 18 million people, are fully vaccinated, compared with over 50 per cent in some high-income countries.
India has highest number of unvaccinated, under-vaccinated kids worldwide at 3.5 million: UNICEF
At nearly 4.4 million, South Asia recorded the highest number of children who have failed to receive any routine vaccination in the past ten years, in 2020.
Amazon HealthLake service now generally available
Using the HealthLake APIs, healthcare organizations can easily copy health data, such as medical reports or patient notes, from on-premises systems to a secure data lake in the cloud, and analyze it at a petabyte scale. HealthLake uses machine learning (ML) models to automatically understand and extract meaningful medical information from the raw data, such as medications, procedures, and diagnoses.
Will COVID-19 vaccines work if I have a weak immune system?
COVID-19 shots weren’t studied in large numbers of people with weak immune systems. But limited data and experience with flu and pneumonia vaccines suggest they won’t work as well as they do in others. That means people with weakened immune systems should keep taking precautions like wearing masks and avoiding large crowds.
“It’s prudent to use all the precautions you were using before you were vaccinated,” said Dr. Ajit Limaye, a transplant expert at University of Washington Medicine in Seattle.
Union Cabinet approves inclusion of Ayurveda in mandate of NEIFM, changes nomenclature
An official release said that there was a proposal to change the nomenclature and mandate of North Eastern Institute of Folk Medicine (NEIFM) to North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda & Folk Medicine Research (NEIARMR) for imparting quality Education and Research in Ayurveda and Folk Medicine at Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh.
The institute will also provide opportunities for students of Ayurveda and Folk medicine not only in India but also the neighboring countries such as Tibet, Bhutan, Mongolia, Nepal, China and other Central Asian countries.