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The importance of monitoring child development

Knowing your child’s development is critical to his/her future well-being and keeping track of each milestone enables parents to see how well their toddler is doing.  Let us discover why it is important for parents to monitor their development closely. Now-a-days, social influences and competitiveness come hand-in-hand with every aspect of our lives.  However, it …

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Grandfather faces two charges due to hot car death

On September 22nd, 2022, tragic struck for the Wiesman family.  Two-year-old Ian Wiesman was found dead in the vehicle outside the day care center that belonged to his grandfather Mr. William Wiesman.  According to Blount County in the state of Alabama, District Attorney Pamela Casey stated in a press conference that Mr. Wiesman would be …

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Will leaving a crack in the window reduce vehicle internal temperature?

During summer, we often see vehicles parked in an external parking garage with windows or sunroof cracked open for air circulation.  However, have you ever wondered if this would actually help reducing the vehicle’s internal temperature? We have discussed that Pediatric Vehicular Heatstroke (PVH) or hot car deaths likely to occur during the hot summer …

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Has hot car death become a priority for the US Congress?

On November 2021, Congress passed the Infrastructure and Jobs Act which included a mandate for action by U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) aimed to reduce hot car deaths (please refer to the link located at the end of this posting for additional information). However, the U.S. DOT has not yet required occupant detection and alert …

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