At least 22 children in India have died since early September after taking a toxic cough syrup, highlighting persistent quality-control failings in the country’s vast pharmaceutical industry.
The cough syrup was contaminated with industrial chemicals. Experts say this is no accident. It's the latest case of what is ...
The deaths occurred in India's central state of Madhya Pradesh after the children allegedly consumed cough syrup contaminated ...
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Fall is here and that means it's also the time for colds that spread fast, from child to child. But before you head to the drug store, listen carefully. We're talking about cold ...
Several cough syrups have been banned in India after health authorities found them to contain harmful or substandard ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday issued a health advisory warning against the use and distribution of three ...
At least 20 children died after they consumed a specific brand of cough syrup that was contaminated with a deadly toxin, ...
The Olathe School District sent a letter to families on Thursday warning them that their child may have been exposed to ...
Two children’s cough syrups are being recalled because of a defect that could cause overdosing. GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare is voluntarily recalling two lots of Children's Robitussin® Honey ...
Parents' refusal of the pertussis shot may place kids in serious jeopardy. May 26, 2009— -- Children of parents who refuse to have their children vaccinated against whooping cough are 23 times ...
California’s worst episode of whooping cough, or pertussis, in 2010, likely spread among unvaccinated children to infect 9,210 youngsters. At first, the outbreak was blamed on waning immunity to the ...
The deaths of 24 children in India last month was the latest in a series of tragedies. But who is being held to account?