Ways to keep your kids safe on bikes
Many kids learn to ride a bike between ages 3 and 8 years old. Regardless of age, there are some important ways to help ensure that your child is as safe as can be on a bike when they are learning how to ride.
Staying safe while enjoying summer water fun
More kids spend time playing around water in the summer than any other season of the year. It’s a great way to cool off and have fun, but water can also be dangerous.
Most poisonings in children involve common household items
More than a million kids go to the emergency department every year in the United States for accidental poisonings. Many common household items and products that you may not think are interesting can be very attractive to a young baby or child. Kids are curious by nature and they can get into things they shouldn’t.
Parents urged to be vigilant as whooping cough cases rise
The number of cases of pertussis, better known as whooping cough, continues to rise in Lane County. Health officials and local physicians are urging the public to get vaccinated since whooping cough is highly contagious and extremely dangerous for young children, especially infants.
Prepare for summertime injuries with a well-stocked first-aid kit
The official start of summer is approaching, and a lot of families are making plans. While you’re having fun, remember that although you can’t always prevent summertime injuries, you can help treat them by having a well-stocked first-aid kit on hand.
Over-prescribing antibiotics can lead to resistance, ineffectiveness
New research finds that drugs used to treat common infections in children and babies are no longer effective in large parts of the world. That’s due to high rates of antibiotic resistance—when germs find ways to outsmart medicines that are designed to kill them.