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What Hit India's Health Hardest In 2025? Toxic Cough Syrups, Antibiotic Resistance And More
2025 exposed multiple public-health vulnerabilities in India ranging from contaminated cough syrups and product alerts, a sharp dengue season in several states, extreme-heat impacts, worsening air quality and rising antimicrobial resistance.
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Cough Syrup Death: Over 700 Manufacturers Under Scrutiny Post Contamination Cases
More than 700 cough syrup manufacturers have been under intense scrutiny, following a spate of deaths in children in Madhya Pradesh after consuming the contaminated syrups.
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Safety Lapses, Weak Oversight Being Probed Into Cough Syrup Deaths: Report
Officials are investigating whether safety lapses in the supply of a pharmaceutical ingredient were responsible for contaminating cough syrup that has killed at least 24 children in recent months, according to three people familiar with the matter.
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5-Month-Old Dies After Being Given Medicines, Including Herbal Cough Syrup In Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district, already under national scrutiny after the deaths of at least 20 children due to contaminated cough syrup-induced acute kidney failure, has been shaken again by another tragedy.
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Cough Syrup Linked To Child Deaths In India Not Shipped To US: Drug Regulator
The US Food and Drug Administration confirmed on Friday that toxic cough syrups linked to children's deaths in India had not been shipped to the United States.
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Drug Regulator's Advisory Over Lapses Amid Outrage Over Cough Syrup Deaths
India's top drug regulator has issued an advisory over serious lapses in pharmaceutical manufacturing practices, amid growing outrage over child deaths allegedly linked to contaminated cough syrups.
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Medical Body Wants Central Committee To Probe Cough Syrup Deaths
Expressing 'deep concern' over the deaths of children due to cough syrup contamination, the Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) on Wednesday urged the Ministry of Health to form a central committee to probe the cases.
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Punjab Bans 'Coldrif' Cough Syrup Following Children Death In Other States
The Punjab government has banned the sale, distribution and use of Coldrif cough syrup in the wake of 14 children dying in Madhya Pradesh, reportedly due to the consumption of the contaminated medicine.
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Toxic Cough Syrup Scare: What Went Wrong And Why All Syrups Aren't Unsafe
Recent child deaths and hospitalisations linked to a contaminated cough syrup have raised fears across India.
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'Poison Fed As Medicine': They Had A Cold, A Cough Syrup Killed Them
16 children and a medicine that ended up killing them -- the cough syrup tragedy in Madhya Pradesh has exposed massive gaps in drug testing processes that led to children's deaths and left their families shattered.
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Centre Holds High-Level Meeting After Cough Syrup Deaths
The Union Health Ministry on Sunday held an emergency high-level meeting with health secretaries and drug control officials from all States and Union Territories in the wake of multiple child deaths linked to contaminated cough syrup.
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Madhya Pradesh Doctor Who Prescribed Deadly Cough Syrup To Children Arrested
The Madhya Pradesh government also filed a case against Srisan Pharmaceuticals, the company that manufactured the Coldrif syrup.
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Kerala Latest State To Ban 'Coldrif' Cough Syrup After Unexplained Deaths
Kerala has become the latest state to suspend the sale and distribution of the cough syrup Coldrif, after reports from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan linked the medicine to the deaths of at least 11 children over the past month.
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Explained: What Is Diethylene Glycol Found In 'Coldrif' Cough Syrup At Tamil Nadu Unit
Diethylene Glycol (DEG) and Ethylene Glycol (EG) are industrial solvents used in antifreeze, paints, brake fluids, and plastics.
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Cough Syrup Row: Tamil Nadu Acts Within A Day, Madhya Pradesh Probe Drags On
While Tamil Nadu tested, confirmed, and banned the suspected batch within 24 hours, Madhya Pradesh is still "awaiting reports".
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What Hit India's Health Hardest In 2025? Toxic Cough Syrups, Antibiotic Resistance And More
2025 exposed multiple public-health vulnerabilities in India ranging from contaminated cough syrups and product alerts, a sharp dengue season in several states, extreme-heat impacts, worsening air quality and rising antimicrobial resistance.
-
Cough Syrup Death: Over 700 Manufacturers Under Scrutiny Post Contamination Cases
More than 700 cough syrup manufacturers have been under intense scrutiny, following a spate of deaths in children in Madhya Pradesh after consuming the contaminated syrups.
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Safety Lapses, Weak Oversight Being Probed Into Cough Syrup Deaths: Report
Officials are investigating whether safety lapses in the supply of a pharmaceutical ingredient were responsible for contaminating cough syrup that has killed at least 24 children in recent months, according to three people familiar with the matter.
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5-Month-Old Dies After Being Given Medicines, Including Herbal Cough Syrup In Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district, already under national scrutiny after the deaths of at least 20 children due to contaminated cough syrup-induced acute kidney failure, has been shaken again by another tragedy.
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Cough Syrup Linked To Child Deaths In India Not Shipped To US: Drug Regulator
The US Food and Drug Administration confirmed on Friday that toxic cough syrups linked to children's deaths in India had not been shipped to the United States.
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Drug Regulator's Advisory Over Lapses Amid Outrage Over Cough Syrup Deaths
India's top drug regulator has issued an advisory over serious lapses in pharmaceutical manufacturing practices, amid growing outrage over child deaths allegedly linked to contaminated cough syrups.
-
Medical Body Wants Central Committee To Probe Cough Syrup Deaths
Expressing 'deep concern' over the deaths of children due to cough syrup contamination, the Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) on Wednesday urged the Ministry of Health to form a central committee to probe the cases.
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Punjab Bans 'Coldrif' Cough Syrup Following Children Death In Other States
The Punjab government has banned the sale, distribution and use of Coldrif cough syrup in the wake of 14 children dying in Madhya Pradesh, reportedly due to the consumption of the contaminated medicine.
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Toxic Cough Syrup Scare: What Went Wrong And Why All Syrups Aren't Unsafe
Recent child deaths and hospitalisations linked to a contaminated cough syrup have raised fears across India.
-
'Poison Fed As Medicine': They Had A Cold, A Cough Syrup Killed Them
16 children and a medicine that ended up killing them -- the cough syrup tragedy in Madhya Pradesh has exposed massive gaps in drug testing processes that led to children's deaths and left their families shattered.
-
Centre Holds High-Level Meeting After Cough Syrup Deaths
The Union Health Ministry on Sunday held an emergency high-level meeting with health secretaries and drug control officials from all States and Union Territories in the wake of multiple child deaths linked to contaminated cough syrup.
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Madhya Pradesh Doctor Who Prescribed Deadly Cough Syrup To Children Arrested
The Madhya Pradesh government also filed a case against Srisan Pharmaceuticals, the company that manufactured the Coldrif syrup.
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Kerala Latest State To Ban 'Coldrif' Cough Syrup After Unexplained Deaths
Kerala has become the latest state to suspend the sale and distribution of the cough syrup Coldrif, after reports from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan linked the medicine to the deaths of at least 11 children over the past month.
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Explained: What Is Diethylene Glycol Found In 'Coldrif' Cough Syrup At Tamil Nadu Unit
Diethylene Glycol (DEG) and Ethylene Glycol (EG) are industrial solvents used in antifreeze, paints, brake fluids, and plastics.
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Cough Syrup Row: Tamil Nadu Acts Within A Day, Madhya Pradesh Probe Drags On
While Tamil Nadu tested, confirmed, and banned the suspected batch within 24 hours, Madhya Pradesh is still "awaiting reports".
