New research serves as a warning about a common household item that can pose a serious safety threat to young children: window blind cords. A new study published in the journal Pediatrics found that ...

A team of researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital has published a new report in Pediatrics that tallies the number of deaths and injuries due to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Shopping for her nursery, Kelly Horvath bought a new window shade because its label advertised its child safety features. She later found her 16-month-old son dead in his crib, the ...

The mother of a young boy killed when he became entangled in the cord of an unsecured window shade has said she is numb after the loss on the day before her birthday. Kane Davidson from the Oldham ...

Pull cords on window blinds and draperies have been a known strangulation hazard for children. Indeed, a 6-year-old developmentally disabled girl in Costa Mesa recently died after accidentally ...

Hundreds of young children have been strangled on cords from window blinds, shades and curtains in the past 50 years. Officials and manufacturers knew about the danger — why didn’t they do more sooner ...

Most people don't look at the cords hanging from their window covers and see danger. But the Walla family does. That's because 15 years ago, a then-3-year-old Gavin Walla became entangled in the cords ...

The recall follows the death of a toddler from Iowa who strangled in a window shade cord. The blinds and shades were made by Hanover Direct and sold online and through "The Company Store." Units: ...

Child safety advocates have been pushing for the ban for years. — -- By the end of 2018, U.S. consumers shopping for window blinds will see only standard models without accessible cords. Child ...

WASHINGTON — The death of a toddler who strangled in a window shade cord spurred a huge recall Wednesday, even as the industry crafts a better standard to make window coverings in American homes safer ...

Andrea Sutton, a mom in Firestone, Colo., was trying to put her 3-year-old son Daniel down for a nap, but he wasn't having it. It was January, too cold for him to burn off much energy outside, and he ...

WEEHAWKEN — The death of a toddler who strangled in a window shade cord spurred a huge recall today, even as the industry crafts a better standard to make window coverings in American homes safer for ...