A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel declared on Tuesday that a common oral decongestant, phenylephrine, is not effective in relieving a stuffy nose, leaving many consumers and pharmaceutical companies with questions heading into the cold and flu season.
pandemic isolation, most americans are back at school, work, gathering indoors with others and traveling. some exposed to viruses for the first time in two plus years. our immune systems are just fine. they were ready and waiting. they just hadn t been exposed to the virus. this has been an exposure deficit. reporter: so much flu, some pharmacies are running low on flu medication. this is jeremiah. this is my rainbow baby. reporter: in kansas city, bailey is still mourning the 7-week-old daughter she lost last year to rsv. last week her newborn jeremiah admitted to the hospital after he got sick. i had nothing but anxiety. i didn t know if i was going to be losing another child or if i was going to be able to keep him with me. so it was absolutely scary. reporter: tonight the cdc and front line doctors are urging both adults and children to quickly get a flu vaccine and a covid booster.
infectious disease experts say after several years of pandemic isolation, most americans are back at school, work, gathering indoors with others and traveling. some exposed to viruses for the first time in two years. our immune systems were ready and waiting. they just hadn t been exposed to the virus. this has been an exposure deficit. so much flu, some pharmacies are running low on flu medication. this is jerimiah. this is my rainbow baby. in kansas city, bailey keel is still mourning the 7 week old daughter she lost last year to rsv. last week her newborn was admitted to the hospital after he too, got sick. i had nothing but anxiety. i didn t know if i was going to lose another child or be able to keep him with me. so it was absolutely scary. the cdc and front line doctors are urging both adults and children to quickly get a flu vaccine and a covid booster.