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The WHO has asked India for urgent reassurances after at least 20 children died from contaminated cough syrup. The deaths ...

The organisation also intervenes with substantial support in sanitation and water supply, by drilling wells and boreholes and ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a warning over several cough syrups produced in India following multiple child ...

The deaths occurred in India's central state of Madhya Pradesh after the children allegedly consumed cough syrup contaminated ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday issued a health advisory warning against the use and distribution of three ...

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has issued an advisory against prescribing or dispensing cough syrups to children under 2 years, after 11 child deaths were reported in Madhya Pradesh ...

At least three Indian states have banned a cough syrup after several children died allegedly after consuming the product, ...

Most of the victims — all aged below five — had reportedly developed acute kidney failure after taking the cough syrup ...

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The cough syrup was contaminated with industrial chemicals. Experts say this is no accident. It's the latest case of what is ...