Patrice Williams thought she was hearing the pops of balloons she had inflated earlier as she gathered with friends and family for cake to celebrate her daughter turning two. But the loud bursts ...

If you thought bursting balloons at a birthday party is plain fun, think again! Researchers have found that popping balloons can be louder than shotgun blasts -- and can lead to permanent hearing loss ...

Days after she turned seven, a girl from Tennessee in the United States was killed by one of her birthday balloons – a 34-inch foil balloon shaped like the number seven. Alexandra Hope Kelly had been ...