The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed removing oral phenylephrine, widely used in cold and cough syrups, as an active ingredient in over-the-counter drugs for nasal congestion, stating it ...

The toxin strychnine, the primary component of the traditional Chinese medicine, may act in the STAT3 pathway, investigators ...

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

Health officials are warning about the rise of multiple infections this season — especially among school-aged children — including whooping cough and walking pneumonia. According to the ...

One clue your cough is related to postnasal drip: It bothers you mostly at night, says Wayne Altman, MD, FAAFP, professor and chair of family medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine.

ST. GEORGE — A traffic stop in Washington ended in the arrest of a man and woman found to be suspects in a pharmacy burglary. On Thursday, an officer heading south on Interstate 15 stopped a ...

“The numbers are smaller, but they’re not trivial because we don’t wish whooping cough on anyone,” said William Schaffner, MD, professor of preventive medicine and infectious diseases in ...

Whooping cough cases are surging across the country. The illness causes a signature “whooping” sound after someone coughs. Coughs can linger for months afterward. Respiratory illness season ...

Phenylephrine is included in many cold and flu products, but a scientific panel last year found that it doesn't really do its ...

Whooping cough cases have jumped sharply year over year but remain in line with pre-pandemic numbers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday. The CDC, which tracks ...

MILWAUKEE — Whooping cough is at its highest level in a decade for this time of year, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. There have been 18,506 cases of whooping cough reported so far ...