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Monday, September 22, 2025
TopicCommon cold

Topic: common cold

How is Cold and Cough Treated in Kids?

Young children are particularly susceptible to colds and coughs due to their developing immune systems and frequent exposure to viruses at schools, playgrounds, and daycare centres.

Calls for caution over phenylephrine’s efficacy, as FDA panel deems decongestant ineffective

Panel report notes that oral phenylephrine is no better than placebo for relieving nasal congestion. In India, phenylephrine is widely used in cough and cold medicines.

After WHO alert, drug controller general warns against use of cough syrups containing pholcodine

Pholcodine is used to treat dry cough. WHO had flagged risk of anaphylactic reactions in those who took remedies containing Pholcodine at least 12 months prior to surgery.

India’s drug regulator initiates probe into death of 18 kids in Uzbekistan linked to cough syrup

Uzbekistan's health ministry has claimed that the children who died had consumed cough syrup ‘Doc-1 Max’ manufactured by Noida-based Marion Biotech.

Inhalers to cough drops or soothing balm — Winter is here and it smells like Vicks VapoRub

From stuffy nose, chest congestion to scratchy throat, good ol' Vicks has been the go-to product for generations.

Is the common cold really much worse this year?

People are reporting their ‘worst cold ever’ this year as winter sets in and Covid rules are relaxed.

Do Vitamin C and herbal remedies help with cold? Experts explain

There are no miracle cures for the common cold.

How common cold might protect you from the coronavirus

One of the most frequent outcomes of co-infection is viral interference, a phenomenon where one virus out-competes the other.

Does going out in the cold give you a cold?

Being wet and cold doesn’t make you sick. There are other factors at play.

On Camera

Indian police need urgent reforms. 2006 SC order yielded no results

In the face of judicial scrutiny, several states issued executive orders after SC’s 2006 verdict. But these enactments were cleverly designed to circumvent the implementation of judicial directions.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.