New research has shown that many medicines sold to parents of children under six years old are not as effective as they may hope. Work carried out on behalf of the Commission for Human Medicine (CHM) ...

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If your child's over four, you can also talk to your doctor about an over-the-counter cough medicine. If a cough is associated with cold or congestion and a lot of them are, a good home remedy ...

Washington state officials warned of a "sharp increase" in whooping cough cases compared to this time last year, mirroring a ...

Pneumonia is a lung infection and/or inflammation of the air sacs of one or both lungs. Bacteria, viruses, and fungi can ...

More than 300 babies have died in Indonesia allegedly due to the cough medicine they've taken that was contaminated with harmful chemicals. How do consumers in Indonesia react to this issue?

As whooping cough cases continue to rise, parents are being urged to be as careful as possible when caring for their children.

The FDA says oral phenylephrine, used in many over-the-counter cough and cold medicines, "is not effective as a nasal ...

Infections tend to be most common among older children and adolescents but in 2024 have been rampant among young children, ...

Emergency room physicians at Baton Rouge General Hospital are seeing more children come in sicker than they seem.