Lauren Kirchner

Whether scrolling, searching, or shopping, parents are bombarded with misleading information and imagery about unsafe infant sleep practices and products.

Parents and caregivers should skip these five children’s products that when they’re getting geared up for a new baby, Consumer Reports’ safety experts say.

Toddler towers are popular, but there's a wide range of quality. Most models failed CR's tip-over and entrapment tests. Here's what parents should know.

The CPSC has finalized two long-awaited safety standards about water beads and infant neck floats. Meanwhile, the federal agency's fate is still unclear.

Over 50 lawmakers and 150 consumer advocates rally to preserve the Consumer Product Safety Commission as an independent, bipartisan agency.

Cosco Kitchen Stepper stools are being recalled after reports of the safety bar detaching, creating a fall risk for children.

Graco Slim Spaces Compact Baby Swings are suddenly swinging extremely fast, according to hundreds of online reviews from concerned parents.

From deadly furniture to toxic toys, you may not know all the ways the CPSC is keeping you safe, but advocates say you’ll miss it if it’s gone.

A leaked budget proposal would eliminate the Consumer Product Safety Commission as an independent agency. Safety advocates are raising the alarm.

Many parents report that the Halo BassiNest Flex travel bassinet has a tendency to slope down on its unsupported side.

FDA staffers tell CR how the suspension of their discretionary spending is threatening the safety of the American food supply, putting consumers at risk.

The FDA has urged baby formula manufacturers to make changes to how they make and test their products. Consumer Reports is pressing the industry for details.

Consumer Reports looks into why cancer-causing red dye No. 3 is still allowed in food even though it is already banned in cosmetics.

The FDA has banned Red Dye No. 3 from food. Food safety experts and advocates applaud the move while urging additional progress.

A third of the products CR tested had accessible button batteries, which are a choking hazard and can burn body tissue if swallowed or inserted into a nose or an ear.

To help you prevent furniture tip-overs in your home, CR tested 14 wall anchor kits. Find out which kits are best for the type of wall you have and how to safely install them.

The Consumer Product Commission is discussing a crackdown on infant "neck floats" after receiving reports of at least 85 babies slipping through them into the bath or pool in the past five years, including two deaths.

Parents and carrgivers should stop using Cosy Nation, DHZJM, Hyhuudth, Mamibaby, and Yoocaa baby loungers, which have been linked to five deaths.

Baby loungers and other infant support cushions will soon be subject to a federal rule that aims to prevent suffocation and falls. Many will have to be redesigned.

Over 2 million Fisher-Price Snuga Baby Swings are being recalled for a suffocation risk. Five deaths have occurred. CR says the recall doesn’t go far enough.