BALTIMORE, MD—With workers paying an average of over $6,500 per year toward employer-sponsored family coverage and Every Kid Healthy Week kicking off on April 22, the personal-finance website WalletHub this week released its report on 2024’s Best & Worst States for Children’s Health Care. In order to determine which states offer the most cost-effective and highest-quality health care for children, […]
GLEN ARM, MD—The Long Green Volunteer Fire Company will hold a free car seat check next week. The event will take place on Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at LGVFC. Attendees should schedule one appointment per child. Anyone with more than one child is advised to make another appointment during the next time slot. For a successful appointment, officials say the […]
ESSEX, MD—The Maryland State Police will be holding a free Car Seat Installation Day later this month in Baltimore County. This free event will be held at the Maryland State Police Golden Ring Barrack, located at 8908 Kelso Drive in Essex (21221) on Saturday, January 27, beginning at 9 a.m. Participants are required to pre-register as it is first come, […]
PARSIPPANY, N.J.—Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition has announced a voluntary recall of select batches of Nutramigen Powder. The specialty infant formula for the dietary management of Cows Milk Allergy (CMA) in 12.6 and 19.8 oz cans is being recalled due to a possibility of contamination with Cronobacter sakazakii in product sampled outside the U.S. All product in question went through extensive testing […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Fisher-Price is re-announcing the recall of 4.7 million infant sleepers after additional deaths were reported since the original recall. The company is recalling all models of Rock ‘n Play Sleepers. Infant fatalities have occurred in these sleepers after the infants rolled from their back to their stomach or side while unrestrained, or under other circumstances. On April 12, 2019, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Fisher-Price are announcing the recalls of the Fisher-Price 4-in-1 Rock ‘n Glide Soothers and 2-in-1 Soothe ‘n Play Gliders. There have been reports of four infant deaths in the 4-in-1 Rock ‘n Glide Soother. The infants were reportedly placed on their backs unrestrained in the product and later found on their stomachs. […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—Even as parents and caregivers continue to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, Halloween is still one of the most exciting nights of the year. This year’s festivities will look a bit different and call for creative alternatives that are both fun and follow local COVID-19 guidelines and recommendations. Regardless of how Marylanders choose to celebrate this Halloween, State Fire Marshal […]
PIKESVILLE, MD—The Maryland State Police Computer Crimes Unit is working to raise awareness as to how parents and children can do more to protect themselves from potential dangers on the Internet. The warnings come in conjunction with Safer Internet Day, which takes place on Tuesday, February 11, 2020. Safer Internet Day is a global rally that aims to raise awareness […]