WHO says wider alert on contaminated J&J cough syrup ‘likely’

The World Health Organization is expected to issue a wider warning about contaminated Johnson and Johnson-made, opens new tab children’s cough syrup found in Nigeria last week, it said in an email.
Nigeria’s regulator recalled a batch of Benylin syrup last Wednesday, having found a high level of diethylene glycol in the product during routine testing.
The contaminant, alongside another closely related toxin, has been linked to the deaths of more than 300 children in Gambia, Uzbekistan, Indonesia and Cameroon since 2022, though there is no evidence that these incidents are linked with the new recalls.

via Reuters