The Vicks VapoRub brand responded to Chacon’s tweet by urging her to not use the expired product. "Heather, we're sorry your son is sick, and hope he's feeling better soon," the brand tweeted .

A mother used a tub of Vicks VapoRub that expired in 1987 on her ill son. "My son has been sick (not Covid) and shout out to my mom, who loaned us the same pot of Vicks she used to use on me ...

Many have stories of Vicks VapoRub from childhood, but among many Latinos the gooey salve is close to legendary. There are poems, essays, video spoofs, rap songs, scenes in Latino-themed TV shows ...

By way of a viral tweet, Twitter user @wickettred shared that she’s been using Vicks on her son as he battles an ailment and notes that the jar of VapoRub is fresh from the 1980s.

Mr. Richardson’s sons eventually worked for the family business and developed advertising campaigns for the already well-known salve. Vintage magazine ads admonished readers: “Never go to bed with a ...

A boy seems to have a bad cough.In a moment, his affectionate mom brings a cobalt blue jar of Vicks Vaporub, scoops out a dollop of the waxy white salve, and rubs it gently over the boy’s chest ...

Mary Lippold, Los Angeles.. To the editor: As an asthmatic child in post-World War II England, I was smeared with Vicks VapoRub on my chest and back by my parents who believed as I do to this day ...

Vicks VapoRub in its blue jar has been a staple of home medicine chests for more than 100 years. Readers of this column have shared a lot of unique uses for this old-fashioned remedy: nail fungus ...

The use of Vicks VapoRub among Hispanic families for respiratory illnesses and pain runs deep. Here’s what makes the salve work, with advice from Consumer Reports.

Malvina Camejo, 82, of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., loves Vicks VapoRub so much she affectionately calls it her Vickisito. She’s used it for toenail fungus, to strengthen her nails, condition her ...