Are you a parent who wants to keep your kids safe this summer? The best thing you can do is teach them to swim. I say this as a nonalarmist mom dedicated to actual safety, instead of security theater ...

Children with autism are 160 times more likely to drown than their neurotypical peers. Children with autism are 160 times more likely to drown than their neurotypical peers, according to the Autism ...

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Swimming With Deonco, the newly-launched free swim lessons currently underway at the South Charleston Community Center, have so far garnered much interest following the ...

In the drowning prevention community, we dread hearing the other F-word: floaties. These seemingly innocuous devices give responsible parents a false sense of security with the assumption that the ...

David joined the WCCO team in April 2020, previously working at CBS 58 in Milwaukee. Prior to that, he worked in Las Vegas. While there, David covered several stories in the national spotlight, ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The local representative who helped get Florida families get free swim lessons stopped by Swimming Safari Swim School in Jacksonville on Wednesday. State Sen. Travis Hutson ...

NAVAJO DAM, N.M. — Turning tragedy into something positive. That’s what one family in the Four Corners has done after they lost their 6-year-old son in 2014. He drowned during a trip to Navajo Lake to ...

A swim instruction program in New York, is teaching kids how to swim while wearing regular clothes. More parents are signing up their children for swim lessons where they learn to swim in their ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Tragedy has hit Central Virginia not once, but twice this week, with two young children dying after drowning in pools. Preventing drowning takes multiple layers of ...

ROSEBURG, Ore. — A 102-year-old Oregon woman has been making a difference in her community for more than a half-century. Peggy Konzack is at the YMCA in Roseburg several times a week, helping children ...

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (CBS) -- According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, drowning is the number one cause of death for children between the ages of 1-4 but swim lessons can save lives.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Some of the best swimmers on the planet are from right here on the First Coast. And while swimming is a sport that can lead someone to the top of the podium, it's also an activity ...