US health experts advise against flu medicines for kids
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Syrups and other anti-flu medicines should not be given to children who are six years old or younger, a independent advisory panel to the US Food and Drug Administration said Friday.
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland  - Over-the-counter cough and cold medicines can be dangerous for young children and there is no evidence they work, doctors told a U.S. advisory panel on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON Aug. 25, 2004 - The United States may have to close schools, restrict travel and ration scarce medications if a powerful new flu strain spurs a worldwide outbreak, according to federal plans for
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Children as young as 2 can be given a nasal spray flu vaccine, a federal advisory panel said Wednesday.
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Parents should not give sniffling babies and toddlers over-the-counter cough and cold medicines  -  they're too risky for tots so small
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland  - Manufacturers should conduct clinical studies to show that over-the-counter cough and cold medicines are effective in children less than 12 years old, a U.S. advisory panel said on Friday.
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For parents worried about how to treat children's colds now that some medicines have been called into question, the answer may be a dose of salt water.
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Over-the-counter cold and cough medicines don't work for children under age 6 and giving the common medicine to young children cannot be recommended, a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee said Friday.
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NEW YORK  - Estimates show that vaccinating fewer than 50 children who are 5 years old or younger against the flu prevents one flu-related visit to the doctor's office or emergency room, according to a new report.
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Too many Americans aren't getting vaccinated for the flu, including those most at risk -- seniors, children and health-care workers -- U.S. health officials warned Wednesday.
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The medicines long used by parents to treat their children's coughs and colds don't work and shouldn't be used in those younger than 6, federal health advisers recommended Friday.
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WASHINGTON - Federal health officials are urging doctors to restrict flu shots to those patients at highest risk from influenza, an appeal for voluntary rationing after the nation's vaccine supply was abruptly cut in half.    British regulators unexpectedly shut down a major flu-shot supplier Tuesday, citing manufacturing problems at the Chiron Corp...
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WASHINGTON - The United States may have to close schools, restrict travel and ration scarce medications if a powerful new flu strain spurs a worldwide outbreak, according to federal plans for the next pandemic, obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.    It will take months to brew a vaccine that works against the kind of super-flu that causes a pandemic, although government preparations include research to speed that production...
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U.S. health regulators said on  Friday they have been reviewing the safety of over-the-counter  children's cough and cold medications, especially for those  under age 2.
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A medication widely used to treat bouts of influenza may have become less effective in children than previously thought, the result of defiant new flu strains that crop up rapidly and persist
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While officials across the nation are urging healthy adults and schoolchildren to skip their annual flu shot, parents are mulling their options.     The news that British regulators have shut down a major flu-shot supplier carries particular concern in Colorado, which was the epicenter of last year's flu season with 12,885 reported cases and the deaths of 12 children...
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Dr. Ian Paul offers advice and analysis about recent FDA warnings that cold medication may not be safe for young children.