cough

News

COUGH NEWS

Juhi Parmar swears by this cough remedy that has 'always worked': 'When the season changes...'

December 12, 2025 1:30 pm

Most people can use this mix without any problems, but a few groups need to be careful

Doctor explains how you can't get a cold from cold water or the refrigerator: 'Science is simple, not emotional'

December 08, 2025 5:36 pm

Cold drinks can temporarily irritate a sensitive throat, making pain, congestion, or coughing feel more noticeable.

WHO raises medical alert about the three cough syrups linked to MP children deaths: Why is this significant?

October 14, 2025 12:05 pm

This is the fifth alert by the WHO for syrups made in India

Yavatmal Govt Medical College clarifies: Child’s death not linked to cough syrup consumption

October 14, 2025 9:29 am

The Shri Vasantrao Naik Government Medical College, Yavatmal, has denied reports linking a six-year-old boy’s death to cough syrup.

On the cough syrup row, we need to zoom out — and look at commercial drivers

November 10, 2025 11:23 am

Medicine manufacturers in other countries have also been incriminated for similar adverse events. Three hundred and twenty-three cases of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) and 190 deaths were reported in Indonesia as recently as 2023, and six pharmaceutical companies were prosecuted for negligence.

Madhya Pradesh Congress President Jitu Patwari holds a press conference demanding the resignation of the state health minister over the deaths of children allegedly caused by cough syrup, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. (PTI Photo)

‘BJP takes votes with Hindu-Muslim issues… MP govt celebrated festivals as children died’: Congress on cough syrup deaths

October 11, 2025 8:16 pm

State Congress chief says at least 22 children, mostly from Chhindwara district, died due to renal failure after consuming Coldrif cough syrup manufactured in Tamil Nadu’s Kancheepuram district

Two other syrups — among the 19 drugs consumed by the children — were also found to contain higher than permissible levels of DEG.

Special audit drive in mind, drug regulator asks states to share list of cough syrup manufacturers

October 10, 2025 4:33 am

Recently, several glaring lapses had come to light in the case of Tamil Nadu-based Sresan Pharmaceuticals, whose syrup Coldrif was found to contain 48.6 per cent of the toxic contaminant diethylene glycol (DEG) as against the maximum permissible limit of 0.1 per cent.

Fourteen children have died in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district due to kidney infections caused by a toxic cough syrup.

MP govt to bear treatment costs for children affected by contaminated cough syrup

October 07, 2025 3:49 pm

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Tuesday directed the authorities to ensure that the administration bears the entire cost of treatment of these children, the official said.

Cough syrup deaths: A regulator cannot bust spurious drug rackets. Task needs police involvement

October 07, 2025 1:09 pm

The Drug Control Department possesses domain knowledge, while the police offer operational capability, intelligence gathering, and prosecutorial experience. Convergence of regulatory and criminal law will ensure that enforcement does not stop at compliance checks but extends to dismantling criminal enterprises