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Javed Akram, Minister for Specialised Health in Punjab said police were questioning two men they believe to be the drug’s distributors.“A high level committee has been constituted to probe the issue. A case has been registered against the distributor and his aide,” Mr Akram said.Avastin is approved in more ...

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https://sputniknews.com/20221006/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-cough-syrups-that-may-have-killed-at-least-66-children-in-gambia-1101578624.htmlAll You Need to Know About The Cough Syrups That May Have Killed At Least 66 Children in GambiaAll You Need to Know About The Cough Syrups That May Have Killed At Least 66 Children in GambiaThe use of toxic components in pediatric cough syrup like diethylene glycol and ...

Following the death of 66 children in Gambia, the World Health Organization (WHO) has raised an alert over four fever, cold and cough syrups made by an Indian company, urging people to not use them. All the four syrups — Promethazine Oral Solution, Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup, Makoff Baby ...

Published: Published Date - 11:58 PM, Fri - 20 May 22 By Deepak Ray Rising competition for many of the world’s important crops is sending increasing amounts toward uses other than directly feeding people. These competing uses include making biofuels; converting crops into processing ingredients, such as livestock meal, ...

LONDON — Pollution of the world's rivers from medicines and pharmaceutical products poses a "threat to environmental and global health", a report says.Paracetamol, nicotine, caffeine and epilepsy and diabetes drugs were widely detected in a University of York study.The research is among the most extensive undertaken on a global ...

KAMPALA, Uganda—For two years, lockdowns and other efforts to stem the coronavirus pandemic have disrupted vaccinations against measles and other highly infectious childhood diseases in developing countries.Now, as underfunded healthcare systems shift to immunizing adults against Covid-19, 2022 risks seeing further setbacks in the fight against some of the ...

KABUL—The Biden administration plans to deliver three million doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine next week to Afghanistan, which is battling its deadliest wave of the pandemic amid a rapidly deteriorating security situation.The White House is offering the single-dose vaccines ahead of President Biden’s Friday meeting with ...

Public-health officials and leaders in developing-world countries are expected to press the Group of Seven countries to commit to large donations of Covid-19 vaccines and billions in financing at a summit later this week, saying the developing world needs more help to emerge from the worst of the pandemic.High vaccination rates are ...

Countries such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have petitioned the U.S. for Covid-19 vaccines as the Biden administration prepares to share 80 million doses, which foreign governments say they need to slow the spread of the coronavirus.Dozens of countries have sought a chunk of the doses the ...