FDA warns against baby neck floats after child dies
FDA warns against baby neck floats after child dies
(NEXSTAR) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising parents and caregivers not to use neck floats for babies after one child died and another was hospitalized.
The floatation devices — inflatable rings that are worn around a baby’s neck to allow them to float freely in the water — are marketed for children as young as 2 weeks old. In a news release Tuesday, the FDA warned against the…