Changes are coming to the cold and cough aisle of your local pharmacy: U.S. officials are moving to phase out the leading decongestant found in hundreds of over-the-counter medicines, concluding that ...

FDA proposes removing ineffective decongestant phenylephrine from OTC cold meds. Consumers urged to seek alternatives for ...

Changes are coming to the cold and cough aisle of your local pharmacy ... Phenylephrine is used in popular versions of Sudafed, Dayquil and other medications, but experts have long questioned ...

Anyone who has been on social media in recent weeks has likely seen anecdotal reports about a lingering cough that’s going around. In one viral video posted in mid-December, a TikTok user described a ...

Anyone who has been on social media in recent weeks has likely seen anecdotal reports about a lingering cough that’s going around. In one viral video posted in mid-December, a TikTok user ...

Lunsford Richardson, the creator of Vicks VapoRub, also is credited with sending out the first junk mail. He was born in ...

Colds and flu share many of the same symptoms, including cough, sore throat, and fatigue. Even the stages of flu recovery are similar to the stages of recovery for the common cold. At times, testing ...

There's no cure for the common cold, but there are self-care steps you can take that may help you or your child get over a cold a little more quickly. Rest, home remedies, and over-the-counter (OTC) ...

Twas the week before Christmas … and I had just whined in last week’s column about getting everything done. My mother always said, “If you’ve got your health, you have everything. You’re healthy, so ...

But their new home holds deadly perils of its own. “We’re dying from the cold. This is not life, this is not living – I pray every day that we die to be relieved from this life,” Alaa says ...

The Vicks brand now also includes DayQuil and NyQuil, which are designed to relieve cold symptoms. “Richardson didn’t limit his innovations to the medicine cabinet, either,” state historians ...