CHARLOTTE — Look around your house. Chances are you’ve got toys and other household items powered by those tiny button-size batteries. What you may not know is that they’re potentially deadly if ...

Reese Hamsmith was 18 months old when she died in December. Trista Hamsmith's 18-month-old daughter, Reese, died in December, two months after Hamsmith discovered her daughter had swallowed a button ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Each year nearly 3,000 children are treated in emergency rooms after ingesting a button battery, according to the National Safety Council. Button batteries are roughly the size ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — A home kitchen scale from Greater Goods is being recalled. There is nothing wrong with the scale itself, but the battery compartment doesn't meet child resistance regulations. The ...

An hour into my shift caring for elderly people, something deep in my gut told me to check my phone. I couldn't settle. A mother's instinct was screaming at me—something was wrong with my 2-year-old ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - As gifts are exchanged this holiday season, medical professionals want to remind parents of the risk those tiny “button” batteries pose to their kids. Button batteries are small, ...

With the holidays upon us, I wanted to share some information about button batteries. My friend’s 5-year-old daughter swallowed one earlier this year. Within two-and-a-half hours, she was in surgery.

Some light-up skirts sold on Amazon.com or Walmart.com have button batteries that aren't meeting safety standards to protect children, a government safety regulator warns. Button batteries, which are ...

When one of Madeline Dunn's 18-month-old twins woke up screaming in agony, she rushed him to the emergency room and demanded an X-ray Kennedy News & Media When one of Madeline Dunn's 18-month-old ...

ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - Leighton Diaz, her five siblings and her parents were excited to gather Christmas Eve at their home in Aurora, Missouri, southwest of Springfield. Within moments of the celebration, ...