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) ...

Many things can cause dry cough in children, and its treatment depends on the cause. Identifying other symptoms can help identify the underlying cause. If a caregiver is unsure what is causing the ...

A bacterial disease called whooping cough is on the rise in Canada, especially in Quebec. Here’s how kids and teens can ...

Whooping cough cases are climbing at the fastest pace in years as students across America return to school, U.S. health ...

The U.S. is experiencing more than four times as many whooping cough cases compared with last year — a spike that some ...

On average, children suffer from six to eight colds every year. Colds are more common in rainy and cold weather when children ...

Whooping cough ... children and adults. Pertussis cases have largely grown over the past few decades, after the U.S. and ...

Do you know if it is effective enough for the type of ... be given to children who are less than a year old. Avoid cough medicine for children below six years because they are ineffective If ...

Parents take note: GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare has voluntarily recalled three lots of its children’s cough syrups — Children’s Robitussin Honey Cough and Chest Congestion DM and ...

A drug approved to treat obesity in adults and teens is safe and effective for use in kids as young as 6, when combined with ...

Over-the-counter (OTC) cough medicines are commonly used ... In 9 trials, active treatment was no more effective than placebo was. The results of the remaining 6 trials were of marginal clinical ...