Cough-Cold and Flu

PARSIPPANY, N.J. - Sick and tired of being sick and tired? You're not alone. The Ricola USA "Sick and Tired" survey results released Wednesday reveal the great extent to which Americans will go to avoid getting sick.

NEW YORK - The Weather Company announced Thursday a new cold and flu experience that will leverage real-time sentiment data to provide updates on cold and flu activity at a hyperlocal level.  The Weather Company introduced the Cold and Flu Tracker, sponsored by GSK Consumer Healthcare's Theraflu brand, which is available on weather.com, Theraflu.com and The Weather Channel app.

VARENNES, Quebec - The Jean Coutu Group on Tuesday launched a flu shot awareness campaign under the theme "Protect Your Health and That of Your Loved Ones." The campaign aims to support the public health effort for flu prevention by making the flu shot available in more than 300 stores in the Jean Coutu network throughout Quebec, in Ontario and New Brunswick.

CINCINNATI - Nehemiah Manufacturing on Tuesdsay announced the launch of Saline Soothers, a solution for the 81% of consumers who are annoyed when they don't have the tissues handy to address a runny nose.

Instead, those consumers have to resort to other means to address their runny nose - according to a survey commissioned by Nehemiah, 41% resort to using their sleeves and 38% their hand.

WASHINGTON - The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Thursday morning to advocate everyone over the age of six months get vaccinated against influenza this year, preferably by the end of October - "A vaccination deferred is a vaccination forgotten," Tom Frieden, director CDC, said.

DUBLIN - Perrigo on Tuesday announced an exclusive licensing agreement with Highland Pharmaceuticals for its Tarex methamphetamine blocking technology and the distribution rights of Zephrex-D (pseudoephedrine HCI 30 mg).  Zephrex-D was developed using the Tarex technology and has been proven to be more than 98% effective at blocking one of the more common domestic methods of illegal meth production.

NEW YORK — Leave it to the experts on matters of health, but on all other matters trust your spouse. That was the result of Reader's Digest second annual Trusted Brand Survey, which identified CVS Health as America's most-trusted drug store, Walmart as America's most-trusted mass merchandiser and Pharmavite's Nature Made brand as America's most-trusted nutritional supplement.