PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Flotation devices are commonly used by parents to keep their child’s head above water, but one manufacturer is recalling theirs due to a drowning risk. Otteroo is recalling ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — A California company that makes baby neck floats has refused to recall the inflatable devices despite safety warnings from two federal agencies and a report of a baby drowning ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned caregivers of small children on Tuesday against using neck floats with babies as a physical therapy tool after fielding reports of at least one child death ...

Certain flotation devices and cribs could pose risks. If you’re planning to take your little ones out to the pool or you’ve recently bought a new crib, keep an eye out for potential drowning and ...

The FDA has a warning about baby neck floats: don't use them. At least one child has died, and another was hurt linked to one of those devices. In both cases, the babies were injured when their ...

A baby was rescued off the coast of Turkey after it floated away in the ocean, drifting over half a mile out to sea on a small flotation device. Baby Rescued By Coast Guard After Floating Into Aegean ...

A flotation device for infants that has long been used in Asia is starting to catch on here in the U.S. too. And a Bay Area woman is behind it all. 7 On Your Side checked out the odd-looking Otteroo.

The use of baby neck floats could lead to death or injury, the FDA said earlier this week Charmaine Patterson is an Associate Editor at PEOPLE. She first began working at PEOPLE in 2021 as a Digital ...

The neck float is the inflatable swan of the baby world. All over Instagram, you can find infants chillin’ in them (sans the cans of LaCroix). It’s a little creepy, but mostly adorable. Maybe not in ...

A baby raccoon caught a lucky break on Independence Day when he was pulled to safety by a group of boaters who spotted him lost at sea. “Rocky the Raccoon,” as he is referred to by his saviors, found ...