Two types of quinapril and hydrochlorothiazide tablets made by Aurobindo Pharma USA are being recalled because they contain too-high levels of nitrosamines. These compounds are commonly found in water and foods — including meats, dairy products and vegetables in lower levels — but may increase the risk of cancer if people are exposed to them above acceptable levels over long periods of time. This is according to the voluntary recall from Aurobindo, which was posted by the US Food and Drug Administration.

Quinapril and hydrochlorothiazide are used to treat hypertension, or high blood pressure. Two lots of Aurobindo’s 20 mg/12.5 mg are included in the recall, both with expiration dates through January 2023, and the specific lot numbers can be found in the recall announcements on Oct. 25. The tablets are pink-colored and round, with “D” printed on one side and “19” on the other side.

If you have this medication, you should talk with your doctor before you stop taking it, the notice posted by the FDA said. Untreated high blood pressure can raise the risk of stroke, heart attack and other serious health issues or medical emergencies, so you should discuss the risks and benefits of finding another medication.

To date, Aurobindo said, it hasn’t received any reports of adverse events related to the recall. Consumers with medical questions about the recall can contact the company at 866-850-2876 (option 2) or email Aurobindo at [email protected]. For questions about

Walmart agreed Tuesday to a $3.1 billion settlement over lawsuits that tie the retail giant to the longstanding opioid crisis in the US. earlier this month, CVS and Walgreens announced “agreements in principle,” which are expected to result in $10 billion settlements.

The money will resolve “all opioid lawsuits and potential lawsuits by state, local, and tribal governments, if conditions are satisfied,” Walmart said in a statement. The New York Times reported Tuesday that the money will help pay for addiction treatment and drug education programs in the US.

The opioid crisis has ravaged the US over the past decade and contributed to hundreds of thousands of deaths from drug overdoses. About 75% of the nearly 92,000 deaths in 2020 from drug overdoses involving an opioid. Fentanyl, a drug that’s often laced into heroin and cocaine, is a major contributor.

The health care industry, as well as pharmacies like Walmart, Walgreens and CVS, have come under intense scrutiny for the over-prescription of opioids, which led to addictions in people who initially took them for medical reasons. the invention of the pain medication OxyContinin particular, was a catalyst in the opioid epidemic.

The US Department of Health and Human Services declared a public health emergency over the opioid crisis in 2017.

In Walmart’s statement on the settlement, the company said that it “strongly disputes the allegations in these matters, and this settlement framework does not include any admission of liability.” Walmart added that it remains committed to providing customers with

The venture capital industry doesn’t have the best track record when you’re talking about ethics.

Like most professions involving power and wealth, venture capital also sometimes attracts people for whom doing the right thing isn’t a concern. Limited regulatory oversight and a lack of transparency mean that investors can often get off scot-free for not factoring ethics into their investment philosophy.

We’ve all seen startups happily taking money from investors who back companies that have a negative impact on the climate or broadcast misogynistic rhetoric. Sometimes, we also get venture firms raising capital from foreign governments that don’t have the best track records surrounding issues like human rights.

But not every investor is a bad person, of course, and it seems as though the industry is taking steps to clean up its act — albeit slowly. Startups and investors are paying attention to what kind of people they want to work with and where they want their money to come from. Investors are also looking for startups that won’t just make them money but have the potential to leave society and the planet in a better place.

To find out just how ethical venture capital is at the moment and how far it can still go, TechCrunch surveyed six investors about how they approach ethics in their day-to-day. We’re happy to report that all of them said the industry doesn’t do enough to police itself on issues surrounding ethics. They also wanted more to be done to make the industry

In 2016, Netflix dropped two sci-fi shows about young girls with superpowers.

one was Stranger Things. The other was The OA, a mind-bending mystery set in a small town with a scientist villain who conducted inhumane experiments.

One of these shows is no longer running. And yet The OA is still the second-best TV show sunk into the mines of Netflix. We believe the best show is German sci-fi thriller Darkbut The OA isn’t far behind.

The OA is difficult to describe, because it sews a handful of different genres into its own ethereal plane. The OA is surreal at times. Yet instead of floating images gently knocking against each other, the sci-fi here is delivered with the grounded assuredness of a Christopher Nolan movie. It moves with the same relentless force.

Our anchor and main heroine is Prairie Johnson. In the very first scene, Prairie, a young blonde woman, jumps off a bridge. When she wakes up, she’s back home. She’d been missing for seven years.

No one knows what happened to her. Her return is a miracle. Even more shocking: Once blind, she can see again.

Prairie has scars on her back and experiences traumatic episodes, but won’t burden her adopted parents with her story. Instead, she takes to the internet, finding like-minded friends via the medium of YouTube.

From here, the story functions a little like the mystery in Yellowjackets. We don’t know whether

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever landed in theaters Friday, bringing us back to the technologically advanced African nation as its people grieve the loss of King T’Challa. It’s the 30th Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, the sequel to 2018 megahit Black Pantherand has the most touching post-credits scene you can imagine.

T’Challa, who held the Black Panther mantle in addition to his royal status, was played by Chadwick Boseman, who died from colon cancer at the age of 43 in 2020. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige promised that Boseman wouldn’t be replaced in the role, and the movie sees the debut of a new Black Panther.

And if you stick around after the credits roll, you’ll also be treated to an unexpected part of T’Challa’s legacy.

Midcredits-scene: Prince of Wakanda

Having achieved peace with Namor and allowed herself to truly feel, for the first time, the loss of T’Challa, new Black Panther Shuri (Letitia Wright) burns her funeral garb on a beach in Haiti, symbolizing the end of her grieving process.

Having given Shuri enough space, T’Challa’s former girlfriend Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o) steps out onto the beach with a little boy (Divine Love Konadu-Sun). She introduces him as Toussaint, the son she secretly had with T’Challa.

Shuri notes that Toussaint is a name with a lot of history — she’s presumably referring to Toussaint Louverture, the