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• CPSC Issues OmvedTherapies Baby Pillow Warning Due to Suffocation Risks

  April 9, 2024

  Grace Muller

  The CPSC is warning parents and caregivers not to use OmvedTherapies Baby Pillows due to a suffocation risk, after the manufacturer refused to recall the pillows, which have been banned in the U.S. since 2022.

• Wrongful Death Lawsuit Blames Enfamil Formula for Fatal Case of NEC in Preterm Infant

  April 8, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  The parents of a boy who died of necrotizing enterocolitis last year have filed a wrongful death lawsuit, alleging the deadly condition was caused by Enfamil infant formula.

• Similac Special Care NEC Lawsuit Alleges Preterm Infant’s Gastrointestinal Injuries Caused by Baby Formula

  March 29, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A Similac Special Care NEC lawsuit claims a young Maryland girl suffered permanent injuries after she was fed the cow's milk-based formula in NICU after being born prematurely.

• Parents Continue To Place Infants in Unsafe Sleeping Conditions: Study

  March 29, 2024

  Martha Garcia

  A new study finds that women often knowingly employ unsafe sleep practices with their infants in order to improve both the baby's, and their own, sleep.

• CPSC Issues Comfi Baby Infant Walker Injury Warning Over Fall, Entrapment Risks

  March 29, 2024

  Katherine McDaniel

  The CPSC is warning consumers to immediately discard Comfi infant walkers sold on Amazon.com due to a risk of infant entrapment, fall hazards and injuries.

• Study Links Breastfeeding, Other Protective Measures to Prevention of NEC in Preterm Infants

  March 22, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A new study finds several factors that can protect infants from NEC, while finding many more which increase the risk of the potentially deadly condition.

• Similac Lawsuits, Enfamil Lawsuits Weigh on Formula Makers’ Stock Price Due to Mounting Liability for NEC Injuries

  March 18, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Stock prices for Abbott Laboratories and Reckitt Benckiser, parent company of Mead Johnson, both fell following a $60 million verdict in the first infant formula NEC lawsuit to go to trial.

• $60 Million Jury Award in NEC Lawsuit Against Enfamil Manufacturers

  March 14, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  An Illinois state court jury has awarded $60 million to the mother of a child who died of necrotizing enterocolitis after being fed Enfamil cow's milk-based infant formula.

• Fact Discovery in Infant Formula NEC Lawsuits Extended Over Two Months, To June 28, 2024

  February 27, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A federal judge is giving parties in infant formula NEC lawsuits two more months to finish fact discovery on the first potential bellwether trials over alleged Similac and Enfamil injuries.

• Most Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths Are Linked to Unsafe Sleeping Areas: Study

  February 23, 2024

  Katherine McDaniel

  CDC researchers say most sudden unexpected infant deaths involve co-sleeping with others, particularly adults, and sleeping in unsafe sleeping areas, such as adult beds.