Federal agencies recommended that the United States pause use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine until authorities can gather more information about reports of a rare blood clotting disorder in six people who received the shot. “We are recommending a pause in the use of this vaccine out of an abundance of caution,” the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in a joint statement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). An independent CDC committee will meet Wednesday to review the cases. Nearly 7 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine have been administered in the…
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Balbir Singh Junior was part of the Punjab State hockey team and also captained Panjab University team. Balbir Singh Junior, who was a member of the silver medal-winning 1958 Asian Games Indian hockey team, died here at the age of 88, his daughter Mandeep Samra said on Tuesday. He is survived by his wife, daughter and son. “My father passed away in sleep on Sunday morning due to heart failure,” his daughter said. His son is settled in Canada and could not attend the last rites of his father because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Born on May 2, 1932, at…
Stanford researchers ranked 39 online platforms including social networks, search engines and gaming platforms to identify the clarity in public-facing policies relating to self-harming behaviour (Subscribe to our Today’s Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click here to subscribe for free.)Facebook, in its policy documents, addresses issues related suicide, euthanasia, suicide notes and live-streaming suicide attempts. But, Instagram and Reddit are at the other end of spectrum when it comes to primary policy document related to self-sabotaging behaviour. This reveals unevenness in framing public-facing policies for online platforms, according to a study by Stanford University.The…
A separate observational study using data logged by 37,000 U.K. users of a self-reporting COVID-19 symptom app found no evidence that the B.1.1.7. variant altered symptoms or likelihood of experiencing long COVID. The novel coronavirus variant first identified in the U.K. is not associated with more severe illness and death, but appears to lead to higher viral load which makes it more transmissible, suggests an observational study. The study of patients in London hospitals is consistent with emerging evidence that this lineage is more transmissible than the original COVID-19 strain. A separate observational study using data logged by 37,000 U.K.…
Automaker Chevrolet India, part of the U.S. auto major General Motors, is inspecting and replacing faulty airbags in Cruze sedan units manufactured between 2009 and 2017 Automaker Chevrolet India on April 13 said it has replaced faulty Takata airbags in around 12,000 Cruze units in the country while appealing to leftover customers to get their vehicles inspected at the earliest.The company, part of the U.S. auto major General Motors, is inspecting and replacing faulty airbags in Cruze sedan units manufactured between 2009 and 2017.The exercise is part of the Takata Airbag recall that was announced on February 25, 2019. Millions…
The NHS confirmed that nearly 40 million vaccine doses had now been administered across the U.K. The National Health Service (NHS) in England on Tuesday expanded the COVID-19 vaccination programme to the next cohort on its age-based priority list to all above 45 years of age, after it announced that the target to cover over-50s had been met ahead of the April 15 deadline.The government had set a target to offer a COVID-19 jab to all above 50 years, the clinically vulnerable and health and social care workers – about 32 million people – by this Thursday.The NHS confirmed that…
Austria’s Health Minister Rudolf Anschober said he had “clearly overworked” and hadn’t felt “completely fit” for several weeks Austria’s Health Minister announced his resignation on April 13, saying that he couldn’t continue in the gruelling job of helping lead the country’s coronavirus response because of persistent personal health problems caused by overwork.Rudolf Anschober, 60, had been Health Minister since January last year, when his Green party became the junior partner in a governing coalition under conservative Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.The soft-spoken Minister has been one of the main faces of Austria’s coronavirus response, which has gathered mixed reviews.Mr. Anschober, who suffered…
He voiced concern that confusion, complacency and inconsistency in public health measures. Even though more than 780 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have now been administered globally, the pandemic is “a long way from over” but it can be brought under control in months with proven public health measures, World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said.The coronavirus, which emerged first in central China’s Wuhan city in December 2019, has infected more than 136,500,400 people and killed over 2,944,500 people across the world.“In January and February, the world saw six consecutive weeks of declining cases. We have now…
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In return for the aid, the carrier is offering refunds to customers who bought non-refundable fares but did not travel due to the pandemic since February 2020. Air Canada and the Canadian government agreed on Monday on financing that will allow the airline to access as much as $5.9 billion Canadian (US$4.7 billion) to help it recover from the economic damage caused by the pandemic.Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said the support includes $4 billion Canadian (US$3.2billion) in loans and $500 million Canadian (US$398 million) in equity that will give the Canadians a stake in Air Canada, which is the…