Parents in rural areas insist on medicine for every cough, and doctors are pressured by both expectations and pharmaceutical ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday issued a health advisory warning against the use and distribution of three ...

The cough syrup was contaminated with industrial chemicals. Experts say this is no accident. It's the latest case of what is ...

Millions rely on cough syrups, but some ingredients pose serious risks. Codeine, a narcotic, can lead to addiction and death.

Indore: Teams from Madhya Pradesh Food and Drug Administration (MPFDA) collected samples of cough syrups and other drugs from retailers and wholesalers of medicines. This was part of a large-scale ...

Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh): Dr Praveen Soni, a paediatrician posted at Parasia Civil Hospital in Chhindwara, was sent to judicial remand on Monday in connection with the deaths of children caused by ...

The Haryana Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has directed all drug control officers across the state to maintain strict vigil on cough syrups suspected of contamination with diethylene glycol (DEG) ...

New Delhi, The NHRC on Monday issued notices to Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh governments, directing them to probe allegations of children's deaths due to contaminated cough syrup and ...

The death of 16 children - after they consumed Coldrif cough syrup - in Chhindwara has pushed the Madhya Pradesh government into an administrative overhaul, starting with the suspending Shobhit Costa, ...

The Madhya Pradesh police have formed a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the death of 14 children in Chhindwara due to suspected renal failure, linked to the consumption of a “toxic” cough ...

Indian police have opened a manslaughter probe into the deaths of at least 14 children linked to a toxic cough syrup, dealing another blow to the reputation of the country’s pharmaceutical industry ...