Update: fatal air bag-related injuries to children - United States, 1993-1996

Article Abstract:

Children under the age of 12 should never ride in the front seat of a car that has a passenger-side air bag. Between Jan 1993 and Nov 1996, 32 children were killed by a passenger air bag. Twenty-one of the children were either not wearing seat belts or were wearing them improperly. Nine children had been sitting in the front seat in a child safety seat but were facing backward. Because children are smaller than adults and can not fit into adult seat belts, they are often closer to the air bag. If a child must sit in the front seat, the seat should be moved back as far as possible.

Health aspects, Causes of, Air bag restraint systems, Airbag restraint systems, Children's accidents

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Consequences of Delayed Diagnosis of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Children--West Virginia, Michigan, Tennessee, and Oklahoma, May-July 2000

Article Abstract:

Doctors should suspect Rocky Mountain spotted fever in all children with a history of tick bite, a rash, or fever. Despite its name, this infectious disease occurs throughout the US, most often between April and September. It can be fatal within 9 nine days if not diagnosed and treated with doxycycline.

Rocky Mountain spotted fever

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