An estimated 4,000 fatal unintentional drownings happen every year in the United States — an average of 11 drowning deaths per day — according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

As summer heats up, families will be heading to pools, water parks, rivers and lakes to cool off.But with bodies of water comes the risk of drowning.According to the Centers for Disease Control ...

In April, about a third of the staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Injury Center, which included the drowning-prevention unit, lost their jobs. That team also worked with ...

GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (WCIV) — Emergency crews in Berkeley County have reopened Bushy Park Boat Landing in Goose Creek Wednesday after a closing it due to a drowning, according to a Berkeley County ...

A beachgoer saved a woman who was drowning on Long Sands Beach in York on Saturday afternoon. The York Police and Fire departments responded to a report of a possible drowning at Long Sands Beach ...

Doug Myers is a digital content producer for CBS Texas. A longtime journalist, Doug has worked for four newspapers in Texas and Louisiana and for three television stations in Texas. He has also ...

This year, the federal team that tracks drowning incidents and issues public water safety alerts has been disbanded, POLITICO’s Sophie Gardner reports. In April, President Donald Trump laid off ...

LANGLADE COUNTY (WLUK) -- Officials in Langlade County say a man has died after a possible drowning at Pence Lake. According to a press release, officials say they were called to the town of Upham ...

An Allentown man will serve five years of probation after pleading no contest to involuntary manslaughter in the drowning of his 23-month-old son. Rafael Cabrera, 41, entered the plea Friday in a ...