What's The Deal With That Cough Everyone Seems To Have Right Now?
It's not COVID or the flu. If you've been sick for a few weeks and have tested negative for everything, here's what's going on. (Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post)
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Experts warn of 'worrying' rise in 'killer cough' sweeping the UK as cases triple
This "Victorian disease" can lead to seizures and even death. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
India finds quality issues with cough syrup linked to Cameroon deaths
Tests of a cough syrup linked to deaths in Cameroon have revealed quality issues in at least one of five samples taken by Indian authorities, according to unnamed sources. Naturcold syrup, manufactured by Riemann Labs, is one of three Indian-made cough syrups implicated in the deaths of at least 141 children in Cameroon, Gambia, and Uzbekistan. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - December 4, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Over 50 cough syrup makers fail quality tests
Likewise, Central Drugs Testing Laboratory (CDTL) Mumbai analysed 523 samples, out of which 18 samples from 10 firms failed quality tests. Regional Drugs Testing Laboratory (RDTL) Chandigarh released 284 test reports, and 23 samples from 10 firms were NSQ. Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) Ghaziabad released 502 reports, out of which 29 from nine firms failed the quality test. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - December 3, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
What’s causing your cough? GP’s tips on whether it’s harmless or harmful
There are a number of things that could be causing your cough, and knowing the cause could help you treat it. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The sign your dry cough is Covid-related - and what to do
It feels tickly and doesn't produce any phlegm, but how do you know if it's caused by coronavirus? (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vaccine to tackle bronchiolitis-causing winter cough virus could be offered to children and the elderly on the NHS next year
A Government advisory group recommended in June that children and older adults be vaccinated against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) - best known for causing bronchiolitis. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
I'm a dog mom - I think my beloved Yorkshire Terrier, 2, died from mysterious new canine disease spreading across America
Mitzi Neighbors thinks two-year-old Brodie died from the disease after what she assumed was just kennel cough turned into pneumonia. Brodie went from a slight cough to lungs full of fluid. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tata ordered to cough up $210M in code theft trial
A jury has sided with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) against Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) over the theft of source code and documentation. A total of $210 million was this week awarded. According to the verdict [PDF], a Texas jury agreed that TCS had "willfully and maliciously"…#csc #tcs #pdf #tata #transamerica #accessaddendum #bancs #tatabancs #amazon #walmart (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Another outbreak in China; government seeks 'complete' info from WHO on mysterious illness
Since mid-October, northern China has been reporting an increase in influenza-like illness compared with the corresponding period in the previous three years. The symptoms of the disease usually include a sore throat, fatigue, fever and a lingering cough that can last for months, and the infection is most commonly treated with antibiotics. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - November 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mysterious dog respiratory illness: What to know
The mysterious respiratory illness that may have sickened scores of dogs across the country could be caused by a new type of bacterial infection that may be very good at evading the canine immune system, researchers say. Some dogs have died from the illness that starts with causes a cough that can…#newhampshire #rhodeisland #massachusetts #davidneedle #lawrencegordon #unh #andreacantuschomus #cantuschomus #bordetella #oregon (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FDA Panel Flags Insufficient Data for Chronic Cough Drug FDA Panel Flags Insufficient Data for Chronic Cough Drug
Advisers to the FDA said that data on Merck ' s chronic cough drug do not provide sufficient evidence to prove its clinical benefit for patients.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pulmonary Medicine News Source Type: news
FDA AdComm votes against Merck's cough med
An FDA advisory committee has voted against approving Merck & Co.’s gefapixant, a P2X3 receptor antagonist medicine designed to treat adults with chronic cough. The 12-1 vote is meant to help guide the FDA in its approval decision, which is set to be made by Dec. 27. There currently aren’t any…#fda #merckcos #merck #newjersey #markcourey #mountsinai #leonardbacharier #p030 #p027 #paulacarvalho (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Drug Candidate for Chronic Cough Rejected by FDA Panel
(MedPage Today) -- FDA advisors told the agency that the current evidence does not support approval of gefapixant for chronic cough, a condition where no approved therapy exists.
On Friday, members of the Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee... (Source: MedPage Today Allergy)
Source: MedPage Today Allergy - November 18, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: news
Unclear if Chronic Cough Drug Has Meaningful Benefit, FDA Reviewers Say
(MedPage Today) -- It remains "unclear" whether the modest effects of gefapixant, an investigational drug for chronic cough, represent a clinically meaningful benefit, said FDA staff ahead of a meeting of the agency's Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory... (Source: MedPage Today Allergy)
Source: MedPage Today Allergy - November 16, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: news
