The agency says using the flotation devices can lead to injury or even death. The Food and Drug Administration issued a new alert this week, warning parents not to use baby neck floats on their ...

TAMPA, Fla. - A popular flotation device used for infants could harm little ones, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA warned parents against using neck floats marketed for babies, ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration published a warning regarding neck floats for babies. The FDA states that parents, caregivers and health care providers should not use neck floats for water ...

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 ...

Families who use baby neck floats for their infants' swimming or water therapy might want to toss them in the trash. After receiving a report that one infant died and another was hospitalized after ...

The Otteroo “neck float” is an inflatable ring that, its manufacturer says, gently keeps a baby’s head above water in a bath or a pool, so they are free to kick and turn and play. The smaller of the ...

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 ...

Parents and caregivers are being urged by the FDA not to use baby neck floats after at least one infant died and another was hospitalized. In both cases, the babies were injured while not being ...