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The Rock ‘n Play Sleepers have now been linked to 100 deaths

The Consumer Product Safety Commission announcement comes almost four years after the Rock 'n Play Sleeper was initially recalled in April 2019.

A professor of pediatrics explains how infants sleep, and how to protect one's baby from SIDS

Before everyone starts piling toys into their real life and online shopping carts this Black Friday, Illinois consumer advocates have a message: Be careful.

Each year, about 3,400 U.S. infants die suddenly and unexpectedly while sleeping, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On Oct. 12, 2022, SciLine interviewed Dr. Rachel Moon, professor of pediatrics at the University of Virginia and the chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force on…

Consumers who purchased the solar-powered product, sold at Costco, have been asked to ‘stop using the umbrellas’ immediately

The federal Consumer Product Safety Commission and Fisher-Price say the infants died between 2009 and 2021 in Fisher-Price Infant-to-Toddler Rockers and Fisher-Price Newborn-to-Toddler Rockers.

Adult bed rails have been linked to hundreds of deaths and injuries over the years. The CPSC is starting work on a federal safety standard, nearly a decade after consumer groups asked for one.

Home hazards can have costly consequences, like fires, flooding, injuries and death