School buses refused to start, leaving kids throughout the metro area to wait in bone-chilling cold for pickup; frozen pipes burst; and drivers lost traction on icy streets Monday when the mercury plunged.
At 2:53 p.m. the temperature in Denver was locked at zero degrees, according to the National Weather Service. That followed a record low of minus 19 early Monday morning.
School buses throughout the area balked at starting in the brutal cold. Continue reading »
They bring ladders and string lanterns in a tree, prepare "food" (ice and snowballs) and dance (leglessly) to snow musicians. "Hooray for winter! Hooray for snow!" they shout, raising their glasses in a toast. And when it's over and they pack up and go, the landscape returns to a pristine white blanket of snow. It's a fun look at a secret ceremony among frozen friends.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Children under 4 should not be given over-the-counter cough and cold remedies, drug companies said Tuesday in a concession to pediatricians who doubt the drugs do much good and worry about risks.
The voluntary change in advice to parents comes less than a week after federal health officials said they also saw little evidence that the drugs work. But government officials were afraid that taking the medicines off store shelves Continue reading »
WASHINGTON (AP) — Don't give over-the-counter cold remedies to kids under 4, drug companies said Tuesday. What sniffling little ones need, doctors said, are plenty of fluids and lots of tender, loving care.
"The best thing a parent can do is comfort their children," said Dr. Laura Herrera, a Baltimore family practitioner and mother of two. "Keeping them as comfortable as possible is certainly better than giving cough and cold medicines."
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Doctors in the U.S. called this week on the Food and Drug Administration to ban over-the-counter cold medicine for kids between the ages of two and six.
Health Canada recalled three cough and cold medicines for babies in Canada because they posed overdose risks. But now, many doctors suggest this type of medication should not be given to children under six without consulting a doctor.
Dr. Michael Rieder, a pediatrician at the Children's Hospital Continue reading »