India probes possible cough syrup link to deaths of at least nine children | Health News

Three states ban the cough syrup after children die allegedly after consuming the product.

Indian authorities say they are investigating whether contaminated cough syrup caused the deaths of nine children, all aged below five years, in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan since late August.

The investigation was ordered by the federal Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday after a batch of the…