The state is warning parents and caregivers to avoid giving infants honey-filled pacifiers after four babies — including one from North Texas — contracted botulism over the last few months.

Most of the parents (81 percent) at the clinic where this study took place were Hispanic, most indigent and of Mexican descent. The parents said they use the honey pacifiers either out of ...

Pacifiers with honey inside them are particularly common in Mexico and in Mexican families in the US. The honey is supposed to be safely packed into the silicone or plastic nipple, but even a tiny ...

The Texas Department of State Health Services is warning parents and other adults not to give babies pacifiers containing honey, after four infants in Texas were treated for botulism. Health ...

Health officials are warning parents about the dangers of honey-filled pacifiers after four Texas infants developed botulism, CBS News reported Monday. In a statement released on Friday ...

Lots of pacifier news this week ... Why then is it OK for you to eat honey, assuming that you are not an infant chronologically? You likely have other bacteria in your gut that can crowd out ...

TEXAS — After four infants in Texas were treated for botulism, the Texas Department of State Health Services is warning parents and other adults not to give babies pacifiers containing honey.

After four infants were hospitalized for treatment, the Texas Department of State Health Services is warning parents not to give their children honey pacifiers. While the four children were ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Health authorities in Texas are warning parents not to give infants honey pacifiers after several children in the state developed infant botulism and had to be hospitalized for ...

Pacifiers may spark debate among parents, but a new poll shows they remain a go-to tool for helping young children self-soothe. More than half of parents say their child currently or previously ...

The honey pacifiers the infants used were purchased in Mexico though similar products can be found through online retailers in the U.S, the federal agency said. Botulism is “caused by a toxin ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Health authorities in Texas are warning parents not to give infants honey pacifiers after several children in the state developed infant botulism and had to be hospitalized for ...