As new laws passed by the Georgia General Assembly took effect July 1, one widely discussed issue is not among them: a ban on helium balloon releases. Despite social media chatter suggesting that ...

A six-year-old Illinois boy died after inhaling helium from a large, “child-size” Mylar balloon just days after his birthday, according to officials. Gunner Hyatt likely suffocated and died after ...

An Illinois boy – who had just celebrated his sixth birthday – tragically died after inhaling helium from a Mylar balloon, family and officials said. Gunner Hyatt likely suffocated to death when he ...

Helium balloons are often a part of celebrations, as they were for the recent sixth birthday of Gunner Hyatt of Mount Carmel, Illinois. In this case, a balloon in the boy’s house for his birthday ...

A 7-year-old girl died recently in Tennessee while deflating helium balloons from her birthday party, the child's mother said. The mother, Channa Kelly, warned other parents about the potential ...

CLINTON, Tenn. (WJW) — A mother is warning other parents of the dangers of balloons after her daughter died tragically last week in Tennessee. Channa Kelly, who took to Facebook following the death of ...

WABASH COUNTY, Ill. (WFIE/Gray News) - An ongoing investigation into the death of a child in Illinois revealed that he likely suffocated from a balloon. Coroner Shaun Keepes said he was called to a ...

When people hear of a helium leak, they likely imagine a comical scenario involving party balloons and high-pitched voices. Yet scientists from the California Institute of Technology and the Woods ...

The Balloon Boy hoax, which took place in Fort Collins, Colorado, in 2009, is revisited in a Netflix docuseries, "Trainwreck." The incident involved a homemade helium balloon that allegedly carried ...

A 5-year-old British boy died after trying to climb into a life-size helium balloon shaped like a dinosaur, according to a coroner who called it “every parent’s nightmare.” Karlton Donaghey was given ...