In an era of children’s cold-medicine shortages, it is interesting to recall the old days. Before miracle drugs and tastier fruit-flavored medications, mountain folks relied on home remedies. Those of ...

They call it Bibaporru, Beep Vaporu, El Bic, El Bix, El Vickisito. And many think of the sticky, stinky menthol goop as their own, even though it’s used around the world. In the Latino community, ...

Parents should not apply Vicks VapoRub, the salve used to relieve symptoms of cough and congestion, to children under the age of two, doctors warn. Dr. Bruce Rubin, the lead author of a study on the ...

Vicks VapoRub, the menthol salve used to soothe generations of congested kids, may actually make some little ones worse, a new study suggests. The strong-smelling ointment often dabbed under noses or ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Winter weather and cold temperatures have arrived and it’s a time riddled with congestion and runny noses that coincides with breaking out the Vicks VapoRub for many. VapoRub ...

And many think of the sticky, stinky menthol goop as their own, even though it’s used around the world. In the Latino community, Vicks VapoRub inspires a curious, nostalgic devotion — for its many ...

Granddaddy, Hoyte Sanders, always told us that if it doesn’t move put W-D 40 on it and if doesn’t need to move put duct tape on it. He lived by that motto until the day he died. And if you throw in a ...

Vicks® VapoRub®, the popular salve used to relieve symptoms of cough and congestion, may be harmful for infants and toddlers. New research appearing in the January issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina native who invented the popular salve with the recognizable aroma will be remembered with a historical marker in the city where it was invented. The highway ...

Adding to a string of cautions about treating children’s colds, a study to be released Tuesday finds that the popular salve Vicks VapoRub poses risks to infants and toddlers. The medication can ...

Newspapers were mysteriously disappearing from doorsteps in Eureka Springs. In one neighborhood, a dozen copies of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette vanished over three weeks in July. Virginia Litchford, ...