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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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India 'Has Much To Do' To Stop Toxic Cough Syrup Sales, Says WHO
India has more work to do in halting sales of toxic cough syrup, despite some progress, a World Health Organisation official told Reuters, after at least 24 children died following consumption of a domestically-made medicine.
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Madhya Pradesh Government Hospital Under Lens Over Worms In Antibiotic Syrup
Amid child deaths linked to a toxic cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh, a government hospital here is now facing a complaint over worms allegedly found in a bottle of antibiotic medicine given to a child, officials said on Thursday.
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Probe Agency ED Raids Premises Linked To Firm Behind 'Killer' Cough Syrup
The 'Coldrif' cough syrup was found to be "dangerously" adulterated with diethylene glycol (DEG), a highly poisonous substance.
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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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Manipur Bans 2 Cough Syrup Brands Containing "Highly Toxic Chemical"
The Manipur government on Friday banned two brands of cough syrup found to contain a "highly toxic chemical".
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As Madhya Pradesh Grapples With Cough Syrup Deaths, Another Lapse Emerges
Even as Madhya Pradesh continues to grapple with the deaths of 23 children in the Chhindwara toxic cough syrup tragedy, another case of alleged negligence by the health department has come to light, this time involving lakhs of children
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Amid Cough Syrup Deaths, Auditor Flags Madhya Pradesh's Mega Purchase Of Banned Drugs
Even as Madhya Pradesh reels from the tragic deaths of 23 children in Chhindwara due to a toxic cough syrup, a new revelation from the Comptroller and Auditor General has exposed a deeper crisis in the state's drug regulation and procurement system.
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Amid Cough Syrup Deaths, Madhya Pradesh Blames Tamil Nadu, Alleges Negligence
Madhya Pradesh still reeling from the devastating Coldrif cough syrup tragedy which has claimed the lives of 23 children, Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav has directly blamed the Tamil Nadu government.
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WHO Flags "Regulatory Gap", Export Risks After Cough Syrup Tragedy
Amid the nationwide outrage over children's deaths caused by adulterated cough syrups in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, the World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern over the "regulatory gap" in screening
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Pharma Firm Owner Arrested Over 20 Children's Deaths Linked To Coldrif Syrup
The owner of the Tamil Nadu-based pharmaceuticals company that manufactured the adulterated Coldrif cough syrup linked to dozens of children's deaths in several states has been detained.
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'Many Drug Companies Should Have Been Banned', Says Doctors' Group In Toxic Cough Syrup Case
Coldrif, now referred to as the "killer syrup," was recently examined by drug control authorities in Tamil Nadu. On October 2, the authorities declared that the samples were found to be adulterated, containing an alarming 48.6% weight/volume of DEG.
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Exclusive: How Madhya Pradesh's Drug System Failed To Stop A 'Killer' Syrup
In Madhya Pradesh, 20 children are dead and seven more are battling for life after consuming a toxic cough syrup that should never have reached them.
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Toxic Cough Syrup, Deadly Fallout: Here's How The Public Health Crisis Unfolded
What began with a few strange deaths linked to cough syrups rapidly snowballed into a multi-state public health and regulatory crisis. Here's how.
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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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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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India 'Has Much To Do' To Stop Toxic Cough Syrup Sales, Says WHO
India has more work to do in halting sales of toxic cough syrup, despite some progress, a World Health Organisation official told Reuters, after at least 24 children died following consumption of a domestically-made medicine.
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Madhya Pradesh Government Hospital Under Lens Over Worms In Antibiotic Syrup
Amid child deaths linked to a toxic cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh, a government hospital here is now facing a complaint over worms allegedly found in a bottle of antibiotic medicine given to a child, officials said on Thursday.
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Probe Agency ED Raids Premises Linked To Firm Behind 'Killer' Cough Syrup
The 'Coldrif' cough syrup was found to be "dangerously" adulterated with diethylene glycol (DEG), a highly poisonous substance.
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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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Manipur Bans 2 Cough Syrup Brands Containing "Highly Toxic Chemical"
The Manipur government on Friday banned two brands of cough syrup found to contain a "highly toxic chemical".
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As Madhya Pradesh Grapples With Cough Syrup Deaths, Another Lapse Emerges
Even as Madhya Pradesh continues to grapple with the deaths of 23 children in the Chhindwara toxic cough syrup tragedy, another case of alleged negligence by the health department has come to light, this time involving lakhs of children
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Amid Cough Syrup Deaths, Auditor Flags Madhya Pradesh's Mega Purchase Of Banned Drugs
Even as Madhya Pradesh reels from the tragic deaths of 23 children in Chhindwara due to a toxic cough syrup, a new revelation from the Comptroller and Auditor General has exposed a deeper crisis in the state's drug regulation and procurement system.
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Amid Cough Syrup Deaths, Madhya Pradesh Blames Tamil Nadu, Alleges Negligence
Madhya Pradesh still reeling from the devastating Coldrif cough syrup tragedy which has claimed the lives of 23 children, Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav has directly blamed the Tamil Nadu government.
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WHO Flags "Regulatory Gap", Export Risks After Cough Syrup Tragedy
Amid the nationwide outrage over children's deaths caused by adulterated cough syrups in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, the World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern over the "regulatory gap" in screening
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Pharma Firm Owner Arrested Over 20 Children's Deaths Linked To Coldrif Syrup
The owner of the Tamil Nadu-based pharmaceuticals company that manufactured the adulterated Coldrif cough syrup linked to dozens of children's deaths in several states has been detained.
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'Many Drug Companies Should Have Been Banned', Says Doctors' Group In Toxic Cough Syrup Case
Coldrif, now referred to as the "killer syrup," was recently examined by drug control authorities in Tamil Nadu. On October 2, the authorities declared that the samples were found to be adulterated, containing an alarming 48.6% weight/volume of DEG.
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Exclusive: How Madhya Pradesh's Drug System Failed To Stop A 'Killer' Syrup
In Madhya Pradesh, 20 children are dead and seven more are battling for life after consuming a toxic cough syrup that should never have reached them.
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Toxic Cough Syrup, Deadly Fallout: Here's How The Public Health Crisis Unfolded
What began with a few strange deaths linked to cough syrups rapidly snowballed into a multi-state public health and regulatory crisis. Here's how.
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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.
