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Cough-Cold and Flu

  • P&G, GSK Consumer Healthcare, other brands among Product of the Year winners

    NEW YORK — The 2017 Product of the Year Award winners, chosen from a national survey of 40,000 consumers conducted by Kantar TNS, were announced Friday, and some big-name brands are among those honored at the Feb. 9 awards show in New York City’s Edison Ballroom. 
     

  • Walgreens Flu Index heat map shows most of U.S. contending with illness

    DEERFIELD, Ill. — Judging from the heat map released Thursday as part of the Walgreens Flu Index, flu incidence is in full swing across much of America.

    For the week of Feb. 5, the top 10 markets currently experiencing flu activity are:

  • AAP reports teenage immunizations fall short of targets

    ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. — Immunization is a key preventive cornerstone of pediatric care but efforts often fall short with adolescents, according to two new clinical reports released by the American Academy of Pediatrics earlier this week.

  • Researchers identify new vaccine opportunity to help combat dreaded stomach flu

    CHAPEL HILL — Researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health are suggesting a vaccine for the "stomach flu" may be possible, upon discovering that the norovirus that causes stomach flu mutates genetically, similar to the virus that causes influenza.

  • New study finds Tamiflu 'cost-effective' in most pandemic scenarios

    HOBOKEN, N.J. — A new study released Wednesday indicates that Genentech's antiviral drug Tamiflu (oseltamivir) can reduce influenza infections and prevent deaths in a cost-saving manner under most pandemic scenarios.

  • Influenza picking up south of New England, CDC reports

    ATLANTA  — Influenza activity is picking up across the East Coast even as it remains at high levels in central U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.

    Nationwide during the week ended Jan. 28, 3.9% of patient visits reported through the U.S. Outpatient Influenza-like Illness Surveillance Network (ILINet) were due to influenza-like illness. This percentage is above the national baseline of 2.2%.

    ILI is defined as fever (temperature of 100°F [37.8°C] or greater) and cough and/or sore throat.

  • Walgreens Flu Index: Central U.S. still heavily impacted by flu

    DEERFIELD, Ill. — Influenza activity is spreading steadily throughout the central U.S. as Oklahoma and Texas continue to boast the most citizens impacted by influenza-like illnesses, according to the latest Walgreens Flu Index released Thursday.

    The Flu Index shows which populations are experiencing the most incidences of influenza each week based on Index methodology.

    The top 10 markets for the week of Jan. 29 are:

  • New contenders, category heavyweights battle for top spot in cough-cold

    Last year, Drug Store News projected that GSK Consumer Healthcare’s Flonase allergy franchise would be challenged with the introduction of two new nasal corticosteroids to the market — McNeil Consumer’s Rhinocort and Bayer’s ClariSpray.

    (To view the full Cough-Cold Report, click here.)

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