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Just three weeks after a child nearly drowned at a South Carolina water park, another child was also rescued. Rescuers were called to Otter Creek Waterpark earlier this month after a two-year-old girl was found floating in the pool. The child, who was at the pool with a caregiver and a group of other children, was briefly left alone and the girl ran off to play in the shallow end of the pool with other kids. She went underwater and…

After leading Starr County authorities on a wild chase, a suspected smuggler jumped out of his car and into the river in an evident attempt to escape into Mexico. But he was exhausted and went under water. When he started calling for help, and Border Patrol agent jumped into the water to rescue him, where he was plucked from the river’s dangerous currents by a Border Patrol agent and a police officer. The suspect is now reportedly in custody and…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced earlier this month that it has notified healthcare professionals of a Class I recall of the GE Healthcare Vital Signs Hygroscopic Condenser Humidifier Passive Humidification Device for Vital Signs Anesthesia Breathing Circuits. The Class I recall, the FDA’s most serious, confirms the concerns the FDA has about the product, which is sold as a part of the Vital Signs anesthesia breathing circuit and is used to maintain moisture in the patient’s airway during…

The aunt of a New Jersey toddler has been charged after the boy drowned in a New Jersey lake earlier this month, reports say. Reports say Felicia Tucker, 26, of Monroe Township, has been charged with second-degree endangering of a child in the death of her nephew, who was two-and-a-half when he died. Reports say Tucker allegedly called police after finding the front door of her home open and the boy missing. The boy, who reports say was autistic, was…

A group of eight Texans filed suit against the maker of Avandia, the diabetes drug, adding to the growing list of lawsuits over the drug and its maker. The suit alleges GlaxoSmithKline’s Avandia caused heart problems, among other issues. Avandia, which is part of a group of drugs described as thiazolidinediones that lower blood sugar by decreasing insulin resistance, has been under attack since a 2007 label on the product contains a warning over possible heart attacks. The warning was…