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Kelly-Ann Mills

Cough syrup warning: WHO issues urgent alert about medicine linked to deaths of 66 kids

A worldwide health alert has been issued over four potentially deadly cold and cough syrups after 66 children died.

The World Health Organization's intervention came after medical authorities in Gambia began detecting an increase in cases of acute kidney injury among children under the age of five in late July.

Gambia - a popular tourist destination - has since suspended the use of all paracetamol syrups.

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