children, cough medicine, cough syrup, cough treatments

My Child Has a Cough, so What’s Wrong With Using Cough Syrup?

As winter approaches, many parents will be bracing for the cold and flu season and reaching for a bottle of cough syrup. Young children typically get at least six colds a year. But we now know cough syrups aren’t very effective at treating children’s coughs. And amid mounting evidence of harm from poisoning and deaths, ...

Troy Oakes

Adult pouring liquid medicine into a spoon to give to a child.