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• Sudden Infant Deaths Spiked During Pandemic, Study Finds

  October 1, 2024

  Martha Garcia

  A new study finds that an unexplained spike in sudden infant deaths during the pandemic may be linked to an increase in common infections.

• 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.

• 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.

• Weighted Baby Blanket Risks Highlighted By American Academy of Pediatrics

  August 2, 2023

  Katherine McDaniel

  Pediatricians are calling on the CPSC to enact mandatory safety standards placing stringent restrictions on the ability to market weighted infant blankets and similar products as safe.

• CPSC Warns Parents to Provide Safe Sleeping Arrangements for Babies During Holiday Travel

  November 18, 2022

  Luke Tollen

  The CPSC and lawmakers met this month to issue new warnings and recommendations on providing safe sleeping spaces for infants.

• Do Not Use Infant Head-Shaped Pillows Due to Suffocation and Death Risk, FDA Warns

  November 4, 2022

  Russell Maas

  The FDA is urging parents and caregivers to stop using infant head shaping pillows due to the risks of suffocation and death.

• Pediatricians Release New Guidelines to Avoid Sleep-Related Infant Deaths

  June 28, 2022

  Martha Garcia

  The American Academy of Pediatricians have released new guidelines stressing that many cases of sudden infant death syndrome may be avoided by placing infants in a proper, safe sleeping environment.

• Biomarker Which May Increase Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Discovered in New Study

  May 17, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  Australian researchers may have identified an enzyme which could play a role in unexplained incidents of sudden infant death syndrome.