This article was originally published on HEALTH. No medicine cabinet is fully stocked without some good old cherry-flavored cough syrup—or at least that’s how it feels during cold and flu ...

Learn what ingredients were used in these old-time cough remedies and why they’re no longer used. ... In 1895, German drug manufacturer Bayer released its latest cough syrup, ...

The drug is Ambroxol. It’s been used for decades to treat respiratory ailments by thinning mucus and easing coughs. But now, ...

Two-thirds of all U.S. deaths from whooping cough in 1938-40 were of babies less than one year old; nearly half of these died before the age of seven months. Yet the medical profession, which is ...

Children's Cough Syrup Recall: ... The 4 oz. guaifensin grape liquid was sold at H.E.B and CVS while the 4 oz. guaifenesin DM cherry liquid was sold in Rite-Aid, Kroger, CVS, Dollar General, ...

Poli Devi, whose 11-month-old daughter Janvi died on Dec. 29, 2019, after consuming contaminated cough syrup, holds a photo of her at their house near Ramnagar. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis ...