It's that time of year when winter viruses take hold, and a cacophony of coughs fill households, offices and public transport. Often people turn to cough medicine for a fix. But does this work, or are ...

More than 700 cough syrup manufacturers have been under intense scrutiny, following a spate of deaths in children in Madhya Pradesh after consuming the contaminated syrups, Union Minister of State for ...

The health ministry said central and state drug regulators have increased market-surveillance sampling of all syrup formulations More than 700 cough syrup manufacturers across India have come under ...

SINGAPORE – About $41,000 worth of illegal cough syrup and prescription medicine were seized by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in two separate operations in November. HSA raided two addresses in ...

SINGAPORE – A doctor accused of unlawfully supplying more than 2,000 litres of dhasedyl cough syrup containing codeine to another man appeared in a district court on Nov 27. Goh Sze Yi, 48, is said to ...

Jharkhand High Court orders state to stop sales of cough syrup and medicines without prescription, addressing abuse and ensuring necessary raids. Jharkhand High Court hearing a public interest ...

Saddam Mansuri shows a bottle of Coldrif cough syrup, which has been linked to the deaths of multiple children and which he had been giving to his one-year-old child, in Parasia, Madhya Pradesh, India ...

Safety Lapses, Weak Oversight Being Probed Into Cough Syrup Deaths: Report Authorities have said the Coldrif syrup was heavily contaminated with a known industrial toxin, diethylene glycol (DEG).

NEW DELHI: India’s apex drug regulator is preparing to tighten rural drug sales by revoking the “household remedy" exemption for cough syrups in villages and remote areas, according to three ...

Varanasi: A Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been constituted to probe the staggering Rs 100 crore codeine cough syrup scam, following multiple FIRs being filed by the UP Food Safety and Drug ...

Varanasi: In a major operation, the Uttar Pradesh Food Safety and Drug Administration (UPFSDA) and police have busted one of the biggest rackets of codeine-based cough syrup, used as an intoxicant.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday issued a health advisory warning against the use and distribution of three cough syrups believed to be responsible for the deaths of several children in ...