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• Adult Portable Bed Rail Deaths Result in CPSC Recall, Due To Risk of Entrapment and Suffocation

  March 27, 2026

  Darian Hauf

  Federal safety officials are urging consumers to stop using more than 120,000 Vive Health bed rails sold on Amazon and elsewhere after at least two entrapment-related deaths prompted a nationwide recall.

• CDC Report Highlights Role of Nursing Pillows in Sudden Unexplained Infant Deaths

  June 3, 2025

  Martha Garcia

  A new federal report warns that nursing pillows contribute to at least 5% of infant SUIDS deaths, due to entrapment and suffocation risks.

• Child Play Yard Mattresses Sold on Amazon Could Pose Suffocation Risks: CPSC

  March 7, 2025

  Darian Hauf

  Federal safety officials are warning customers to immediately stop using more than 108,000 Hiccapop PlayPad play yard mattresses due to suffocation risks.

• Officials Warn Do Not Use LEHOM Baby Playpens Sold on Amazon Over Entrapment Hazards, Lead Violations

  September 27, 2024

  Darian Hauf

  Federal regulatory officials are instructing customers to immediately dismantle and destroy affected LEHOM playpens due to multiple safety violations that may increase the risk of injuries to children.

• Medline Portable Bed Rail Recall Issued Over Entrapment, Asphyxiation Risks After Two Deaths

  May 31, 2024

  Martha Garcia

  About 1.5 million MedLine Bed Assist portable bed rails are being recalled due to entrapment and suffocation risks following two elderly deaths.

• 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.

• CPSC Proposes New Nursing Pillow Safety Standards Following Infant Deaths

  August 25, 2023

  Katherine McDaniel

  The CPSC is proposing new mandatory safety standards for nursing pillows following dozens of infant deaths and the industry's failure to set meaningful standards voluntarily.

• U.S. Regulators Issue New Safety Standards for Adult Portable Bed Rails

  July 14, 2023

  Stephanie Yanovich

  The CPSC has voted to put in place new mandatory guidelines for adult portable bed rails, to prevent suffocation and entrapment risks.

• Senior Portable Bed Rails Recalled Over Entrapment and Suffocation Risks

  March 13, 2023

  Katherine McDaniel

  Another recall targeting portable bed rails has pulled 100,000 units from the market due to entrapment risks.

• LumaRail Bed Assist Rail Recall: Entrapment and Suffocation Risks Linked to at Least One Death

  February 27, 2023

  Martha Garcia

  The CPSC has announced a recall of 53,000 Lumarail bed assist rails following reports of an elderly man's death.