Drowning

Drowning is the process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion or immersion in liquid. It is a leading cause of accidental death worldwide.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to a series of recent incidents, including a heroic rescue and a case of a misdeclared death.

Latest on Drowning

• 71-year-old woman jumps into river to save drowning man
• Screen legend Patrick Tse saved my brother from drowning, woman recalls
• Chinese grandma, 71, saves drowning man from river before quietly slipping away
• Arizona toddler found alive in hospital morgue after declared dead from drowning
• Drowning desert: how Xinjiang’s infrastructure could fail under record rain
• Drowning deaths soar in France as Europe buckles in peak of heatwave

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