Drowning is a leading cause of death for American children. Helping change that statistic is the focus of a program at the ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — A nonprofit offering free swim lessons for kids now has funding through next school year. It's thanks to ...

It comes after the sport's governing body said the lack of lessons during the Covid pandemic meant 240,000 children had missed out on learning how to swim 25m - the length of most pools.

If you think that’s no big deal, consider this: “In the United States, drowning is the leading cause of preventable death for children ages 1-4.” That statistic is cited in A Swim Lesson ...