Each year, the number of accidental drownings spikes in July, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In July 2024, the latest provisional data available from the CDC, ...

This interview has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity. How did you assemble this report — the first from WHO on how to prevent drowning. We had 139 countries who voluntarily said, yes, we ...

COLONIE, N.Y. (NEWS10) —With several recent drownings this summer, swim safety is crucial not just for children, but for adults too. For World Drowning Prevention Day, Goldfish Swim School is offering ...

A few years in, a CDC drowning prevention program was ready to share its findings on how to mitigate the leading cause of death among young... Drowning prevention program comes to a halt at the CDC ...

The Peach State is at a turning point. The risk of drowning won’t disappear with the back-to-school season, and neither can our attention. The YMCA of Metro Atlanta and the Atlanta Water Safety ...

Florida has earned a heartbreaking distinction as the state with the highest number of deadly child drownings in the nation.

Labor Day weekend is one of the deadliest holiday weekends for drownings and water-related tragedies. But with the recent firing of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s drowning prevention ...

The DEM is offering another round of grants to providers of swim lessons for kids from minority or low-income backgrounds.

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 ...