May is Water Safety Month and teaching your child how to swim could be a matter of life or death. With summer just around the corner, many families will be heading to the water, making swimming skills ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - With this week’s heat wave, many families are seeking relief by taking a dip in the pool or nearby lake. For those families, a safe summer includes learning how to swim for some ...

More children ages 1 to 4 die from drowning than from any other cause of death. And drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury death for kids ages 5 through 14. Swim for Charlie is a ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), more than 4,000 people drown every year in the United States. The CDC reports that the number of people who die by ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (7News) — Hundreds of kids in the D.C. area will learn how to swim this summer for free. Government Employees Health Association, Inc. (G.E.H.A) is partnering with the YMCA of ...

HOLLAND, Mich. — Bryan Huffman, a Holland-based ophthalmologist, is making waves in West Michigan with a campaign to ensure every child in the region learns how to swim. Swimming has long been a part ...

Kids are flocking to the pools as the Philadelphia area continues to experience a heat wave, making water safety even more important. At Nile Swim Club in Yeadon, a free swim program is underway to ...

Rhode Island is offering another round of grants to fund free swimming lessons for children. The Water Safety Grant Program aims to reduce accidental drownings, which average 16 per year in the state.

In the drowning prevention community, we dread hearing the other F-word: floaties. These seemingly innocuous devices give responsible parents a false sense of security with the assumption that the ...

In the U.S., each year from 2020 through 2022, drowning has resulted in over 4,500 reported deaths. That’s an increase of 500 deaths per year from 2019. (Photo: Getty) Are you, your family members or ...