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 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 ...

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

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 ...

When you’re feeling under the weather, you likely grab your go-to cough and cold medicine. But are all the ingredients ...

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 ...

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 ...

WATCHING. WGAL NEWS EIGHT. WELL, WHOOPING COUGH IS ON THE RISE IN THE U.S., AND THE CDC SAYS PROTECTION FROM THE VACCINE IS WANING. SO FAR, THERE HAVE BEEN AROUND 14,000 CASES REPORTED NATIONWIDE.