Both experts concluded that a hot toddy is a soothing drink that can help temper some cold symptoms, but it doesn’t have any more healing powers than a bowl of soup or a steaming cup of tea.

Science Selling cough, cold medicines for children under 12 questioned CBC News · Posted: Nov 28, 2008 2:02 PM PST | Last Updated: November 28, 2008 ...

More than 1,500 toddlers and babies wound up in emergency rooms over a two-year period and three died because of bad reactions to cold or cough medicine, federal health officials reported Thursday.