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Stay Informed of Children's Medicine Recalls
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9 months, 2 weeks, 1 day, 8 hours agoThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that more than 1,500 toddlers and babies wound up in emergency rooms of U.S. hospitals over a two-year period because of over-the-counter cold and cough medicines.
Overdoses were sometimes fatal. Between 1969 and 2006, 69 children died after taking antihistamines, and 54 died after taking decongestants. Among the deaths, most occurred in children younger than two years of age.
Now you can be informed of children's medicine recalls.
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