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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Food and Drug Administration is warning of an increase in accidental child overdoses from prescription cough medicine. The FDA says more than 4,500 got sick from cough suppressant Tessalon between ...

In a practical, parent-friendly brief, child nutritionist Sanchita Daswani shares simple steps for managing coughs and colds ...

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 ...

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 ...

The number child poisoning cases caused each year by benzonatate, a prescription cough medication, has risen significantly since 2010, according to an analysis by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

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, ...