How Gambian children died from toxic cough syrup
By Reuters
14 March 2023 |
5:10 am
A known toxin lurked in syrup taken by children in Gambia in 2022. Doctors faced a fight to prove it, while India, where the syrups were made, denied a connection. Olivia Chan has more.
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