More Medication & Children News

• Cardiac Screening Recommended for Kids Taking Stimulants for ADHD

  April 21 (HealthDay News) -- The American Heart Association on Monday issued recommendations that call ...

• Guidelines Seek to Reduce Medication Errors Involving Kids

  April 11 (HealthDay News) -- The group that accredits most U.S. hospitals issued guidelines Friday ...

• Drug Mix-Ups Harm Hospitalized Kids

  April 7 (HealthDay News) -- Adverse "drug events" -- including getting the wrong drugs, accidental ...

• FDA OKs New Rotavirus Vaccine

  April 4 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a second ...

• Rotarix Approved to Treat Rotavirus in Children

  April 4 (HealthDay News) -- Rotarix, a vaccine to prevent gastroenteritis caused by several strains ...

• TB Drug Treatment Can Lead to Severe Pneumonia

  March 24 (HealthDay News) -- The use of fluoroquinones to treat children with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis ...

• New Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Works for Adults, Children

  March 20 (HealthDay News) -- The new anti-arthritis drug tocilizumab, now being tested, appears to ...

• Asmanex Approved for Asthmatic Children

  Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Schering-Plough's Asmanex Twisthaler, an inhaled steroid designed to prevent asthma ...

• Mercury in Childhood Vaccines Excreted Quickly

  Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) -- The latest chapter in the debate over whether childhood vaccines ...

• Cold Meds Send 7,000 U.S. Kids to ER Each Year

  Jan. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Some 7,000 American children under the age of 11 are ...

• Cold Meds Not Safe for Kids Under 2, FDA Warns

  Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued a ...

• Adult Drug Effective in Treating Psoriasis in Children

  Jan. 17 (HealthDay News) -- The drug etanercept significantly improved psoriasis symptoms in children under ...

• Treating Childhood Pneumonia at Home Could Save Lives in Developing Countries

  Jan. 7 (HealthDay News) -- In developing countries, treating children with pneumonia at home is ...

• Common Infant Vaccine Recalled

  Dec.13 (HealthDay News) -- Merck & Co. has recalled 1.2 million doses of a common ...

• Pneumonia Vaccine Is Keeping Kids Healthier

  Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Among children younger than 2, receiving the pneumococcal vaccine appears ...

• Vaccination Opponents Using Internet Social Sites to Promote Views

  December 5 (HealthDay News) -- Opponents of vaccinations are using YouTube, FaceBook and other Internet ...

• Honey Beats Meds at Soothing Kids' Cough

  Dec. 4 (HealthDay News) -- With many children's cough syrups being pulled from the market ...

• FDA Mulls Tougher Warning Label on Kids' Flu Drugs

  Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) -- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel is meeting Tuesday ...

• Jennifer Garner Puts Flu Shot in the Spotlight

  Nov. 14 (HealthDay News) -- She has won a Golden Globe (for Alias) and the ...