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FDA Warns Against Use of Neck Floats After Death of Baby

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FDA Warns Against Use of Neck Floats After Death of Baby
A baby swims in a bath at a private maternity hospital in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province on March 12, 2020. Getty Images
Marina Zhang
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Baby neck floats are under fire again after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned against their use in water therapies following the death of one baby and hospitalization of another in unsupervised usage.

“Do not use baby neck floats for water therapy intervention,” the FDA wrote in a media statement released on June 28.
Marina Zhang
Marina Zhang
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Marina Zhang is a health reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers both health news and in-depth features on emerging health issues. Marina holds a bachelor's degree in biomedicine from the University of Melbourne. Contact her at [email protected].
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