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• 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.

• CPSC Warns 160 Children Die Every Year from Nursery Product Accidents

  September 29, 2023

  Katherine McDaniel

  A new CPSC reports reveals that nursery-related products like inclined sleepers and crib mattresses have been linked to hundreds of infant injuries every year as well as dozens of deaths.

• Ozempic Stomach Risks Result in Debate Among Anesthesiologists Over Surgery Guidelines

  September 13, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  Some anesthesiologists are saying recent ASA guidelines don't go far enough to prevent Ozempic stomach risks during surgery.

• 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. Lawmakers Call for Infant Lounger Pillow Ban Following Boppy Recall, Child Suffocation Deaths

  July 20, 2023

  Stephanie Yanovich

  Some lawmakers are calling for a ban on infant loungers following ongoing reports of child deaths linked to recalled products and those still available online.

• 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.

• CPSC Warns Consumers to Stop Using Gorsetle Infant Loungers Due to Suffocation and Fall Risks

  June 30, 2023

  Katherine McDaniel

  The CPSC warns that Gorsetle infant loungers pose a suffocation and death risk to babies.

• CPSC Warns Consumers to Stop Using Momaid Infant Lounger Due to Suffocation and Fall Risks

  June 12, 2023

  Katherine McDaniel

  The CPSC is warning parents and caregivers not to use Momaid infant loungers due to a risk of suffocation and fall injury.

• CPSC Warns Parents to Stop Using Recalled Boppy Newborn Loungers Following Additional Infant Deaths

  June 8, 2023

  Katherine McDaniel

  The CPSC is reiterating a warning to parents not to use recalled Boppy infant loungers following two additional reports of infant deaths after the devices were pulled from the market.