The second-leading cause of unintentional death in children ages 1 to 4 is drowning, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This is because the majority of kids under six who ...

CrossFit athlete Lazar Đukić drowned in Fort Worth on Thursday morning, while competing in a run swim event. The 28-year-old Serbian athlete’s body was pulled out of Marine Creek Lake by Fort Worth ...

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Spending time at the pool is fun but can also be a bit stressful for parents. Drowning is the leading cause of preventable pediatric death. A Florida mom said a freak accident at the ...

Bloomberg Philanthropies has already invested a total of $104 million over the years via its Initiative to Prevent Drowning to support such drowning prevention interventions in Bangladesh, Ghana, ...

More than 300,000 people die from drowning every year – and nearly all of these cases are preventable, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO). It's the first-ever global ...

Ten people die from accidental drowning each day in the United States. Learn how to recognize the signs so you can help keep your loved ones safe. Drowning looks different than most people think. You ...

Dry drowning is a non-medical term describing breathing impairment that develops over minutes or hours after water submersion, which could progress to respiratory failure. While it's possible for ...

For the past few years, a small team of health scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had been tasked with answering basic statistical questions like: Who is drowning? Where is ...