Tainted medicine kills 27 in Panama
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061021/ap_on_he_me/panama_deadly_medicine"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061021/capt.9ffce053ea88408fbdc9bb40524da23a.panama_deadly_medicine_amx101.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=S7rjse9Vnc31ZpHiEe9QZw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Adriana Uneinn, 37, center, waits for the results of a medical examination after her daughter ingested medications suspected of being contaminated, in a public hospital in Panama City, Panama, on Friday, Oct. 20, 2006. Panamanian authorities said that 26 people had died after drinking tainted cough medicine, and five people had been detained on suspicion of selling contaminated material to a factory that produced the medication. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)" border="0" /></a>AP - Thousands of health workers and students took to Panama's streets to collect bottles of cough syrup and lotions possibly contaminated with an industrial chemical as the death toll from the tainted medicine rose to 27 Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>