infants

Injuries to small children attributed to nursery products -- anything from a crib to a stroller to a car carrier -- rose sharply in 2009, a study of emergency room visits by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission found. More than 77,000 children under the age of 5 had injuries connected to...

Abbott Laboratories is recalling 5 million containers of its best-selling Similac infant formula over concerns that the powdered formulas are contaminated by insect parts or larvae, the company said. Abbott said a beetle was found in the production area of a manufacturing facility and says it...

A small crib recall of the Sorelle brand Prescott model by Albee Baby revealed a disturbing and potentially dangerous problem: the cribs were actually made by the most infamous manufacturer of children's furniture -- Simplicity. The now-defunct Simplicity is notorious for cheap, poorly made cribs...

Pottery Barn Kids has issued a recall for every drop-side crib sold by the retailer over the past 11 years, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. Deadly drop-side cribs, blamed for as many as 46 deaths since 2001, have been the subject of a recent spate of recalls -- including seven...

Johnson & Johnson said Thursday that the Fort Washington, Pa., facility where it produced children's medications will probably stay shut down for the rest of 2010, meaning that no new supplies of those medicines will be available this year.

Teethers sold under the Nuby, Cottontail and Playschool brand names have been found to be contaminated with bacteria and are being recalled by the children's product manufacturer Luv 'n Care, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said.The teethers, which come a wide variety of shapes, were sold...