Usher’s 5-year-old son survived a near-drowning incident involving a pool drain, but each year other kids aren’t so lucky. The suction created by the drains can trap children under the surface or ...

Summer weather is due to arrive (eventually), and with it comes the need to know all you can about pool safety. A hidden issue? The drain. A study conducted for National Safe Kids Week (May 6-13) ...

A silent and powerful force lurks in tens of thousands of public and backyard pools. And the CBS4 I-Team has learned that, despite a new federal law designed to prevent it, the danger remains. CBS4 ...

A resort pool drain left a Pittsburgh child with catastrophic injuries. Parents urge checking drain covers and knowing the pump shutoff.

What was supposed to be the final day of a picture-perfect family vacation quickly turned into a nightmare for one Pittsburgh-area family when a hazard in a resort pool caused a devastating injury to ...

(Note: The Jacuzzi people object to the name of their brand being used as a synonym for “hot tub” and “spa,” so we have removed that reference, even though the folks in this story referred to the spa ...

TOLEDO, OH (WTOL) - The next time you jump into a pool, their could be a danger lurking at the bottom if the pool does not have a newer, anti-entrapment drain cover. The Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and ...

A recent near-drowning has drawn national attention to an often overlooked pool hazard. The near-drowning of singer and NBC's "The Voice" coach Usher's son has drawn increased scrutiny on pool drain ...

The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on Friday a massive recall of about one millionpool and spa drain covers, saying they "could pose a possible entrapment risk to swimmers andbathers." ...

WASHINGTON — Each year, about 225 children under 5 drown in swimming pools, a leading cause of accidental death for that age group. To help prevent such accidents, legislation introduced Monday in the ...