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News Articles: poison control

The label for a bottle of melatonin pills. Melatonin is a hormone that helps control the body's sleep cycle.

Thousands of kids are getting sick from downing melatonin pills

Last year, U.S. poison control centers got 52,000 calls about children consuming worrisome amounts of the dietary supplement, a popular sleep aid. Two children have died in the past decade.

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  • The Associated Press
Health experts and medical groups are pushing to stamp out the growing use of ivermectin, an anti-parasite drug, to treat COVID-19, amid warnings that it can cause harmful side effects and that there's little evidence it helps.

Poison Control Centers Are Fielding A Surge Of Ivermectin Overdose Calls

The nation's poison control centers saw a 245% jump in reported exposure cases from July to August as more people take the anti-parasite drug that some falsely claim treats COVID-19.

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  • Vanessa Romo
A woman in the passenger seat of a car is swabbed for a COVID-19 test at a mobile testing site in Oklahoma.

Georgia Coronavirus Updates: Rural Mobile Testing, $148K For Poison Center After Calls Spike

This week in Georgia brings mobile testing for COVID-19 to more rural parts of the state, the reopening of indoor dining in restaurants and more money...

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