Nearly 2 Million Fitbit Ionic Smartwatches Recalled for Burn Hazard

Nearly 2 Million Fitbit Ionic Smartwatches Recalled for Burn Hazard

March 2, 2022 Fitbit has recalled 1.7 million Ionic Smartwatches because the lithium-ion watch batteries can overheat and burn the people wearing them, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced. There have been at least 115 reports in the United States of the smartwatches overheating and 59 reports internationally, the CPSC … Read more

Will the Delta Variant Peak and Then Burn Out?

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Ali Mokdad, PhD, chief strategy officer for population health, University of Washington, Seattle. Eric Topol, MD, executive vice president, Scripps Research; founder and director, Scripps Research Translational Institute, La Jolla, CA; editor-in-chief, Medscape. Justin Lessler, PhD, professor of epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Amesh Adalja, MD, senior scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Health … Read more

Set ablaze for resisting rape, 13-year-old tribal girl succumbs to burn injuries in Telangana

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The accused had poured petrol on the 13-year-old tribal girl and set her ablaze in Telangana’s Khammam after she resisted his rape attempt on September 18 of this year. [REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE] Set ablaze by her employer for resisting a rape attempt, a 13-year-old tribal girl succumbed to severe burn injuries in Telangana on Thursday night. … Read more

Andhra: Villagers kill tribal man over witchcraft suspicion, burn body to destroy evidence

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A tribal man was allegedly murdered by a group of villagers in Andhra over suspicion o practicing witchcraft. (Representational Image) Around 15 villagers in Pulaguda village of Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district allegedly murdered a tribal man on Saturday night after they suspected him of practicing witchcraft. The accused went to the man’s house and dragged … Read more