Safety

A new bill may soon require that “gun safety” be taught in schools, but is that really good idea? Click on the audio player to hear more on this story in this edition of The Jazzy Report on The D.L. Hughley Show! Listen to the “The D.L. Hughley Show” LIVE weekdays 3-7 p.m. EST! RELATED: 5 Things We Learned […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago children will walk past even more guards on their first day of school than last year, when concerns about safety prompted the city to line the streets with 1,200 adults every day. Thanks to an infusion of $1 million from the city, another 100 “Safe Passage” workers will be on routes […]

There is a new IPhone app hoping to help you get lucky…safely. Hula points users to the best STD test centers, allows them to receive their results and privately share results with partners — a process called “unzipping.” An astounding 20 million new STDs are diagnosed in the U.S. every year. Hula is currently free. […]

Parents would love to keep their children safe at all times, and to ensure that they’re always protected. Sadly, parents cannot possibly control every aspect…

Joshua Barry knows that wipeouts are inevitable when children are climbing and sliding on outdoor play sets. So he placed shredded rubber under and around the climbing toys his two children use in the backyard of their Aurora, Ohio, home. “It gives me peace of mind knowing there’s a little bit of cushioning,” he said. […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Health officials say accidents are killing far fewer children and teenagers than in the past. The death rate dropped about 30 percent from 2000 to 2009. One big reason was a decline in traffic fatalities, which annually account for half or more of kids’ deaths caused by accidents. Childhood deaths from drowning, […]