(WKBN) – The presence of a bacterium that can cause two types of foodborne illnesses has prompted the recall of multiple lots of a children’s cough syrup, a notice posted to the Food and Drug ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Most cases are benign and resolve spontaneously. The most common causes are post-infectious, asthma or ...

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 Children's ...

Habit cough as well as tic cough also may be present in children. Inhalation pneumonitis from smoke (tobacco, fire) and hydrofluorocarbons (kerosene, gasoline) are not uncommon. Heritable disorders ...

Rose Cairns receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC, Investigator Grant). She is also the recipient of an untied educational grant from Reckitt to fund a PhD ...

These days, news of children dying from cough syrups is continuously emerging from different parts of the country. In states like Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, several children died after consuming ...

If your child has a cough that just won't go away, it could be mycoplasma pneumonia. Doctors say they are seeing a significant uptick in the amount of people, especially children, with the bacterial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Families sit in the hallway near of the gate of the pediatric ICU, where children were admitted after taking a cough syrup that ...

Winter is a sensitive time for children’s health, and even small lapses in care can lead to recurring colds, flu, or persistent cough. Many parents notice that their child’s cough becomes worse at ...

It started with what seemed like a run-of-the-mill cold. My three-year-old had a cough that wouldn’t go away, a fever that barely counted as one, and he stopped sleeping through the night. As a ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by bacteria called Bordetella pertussis. The infection attacks the lining of the breathing passages. People can get ...

Habit cough virtually always has an organic origin. The child will have had a cough from an asthma exacerbation, pneumonia, or a common cold. He or she becomes stuck in a cycle of cough, irritation, ...