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CDC: Too Many Kids Breathe Others’ Smoke in Cars

Texting while driving, speeding and back-seat action aren’t all that parents need to worry about when their kids are in cars: Add secondhand smoke to the list. In the first national estimate of its kind, a report from U.S. government …

Crash Experts Find Car Seats Protect Overweight Kids

Researchers at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Center for Injury Research and Prevention studied nearly 1,000 1- to 8-year-old children involved in crashes and found no evidence of increased injury risk for overweight children. The results are published online in …

New York Woman Critically Injured by Falling Shopping Cart

Authorities say a woman was critically injured when kids pushed a shopping cart off a fourth-floor walkway, hitting her on the head. Police said two 12-year-olds were in custody following the incident Sunday night outside a Target store in East …