Reese Hamsmith was 18 months old when she died in December. Trista Hamsmith's 18-month-old daughter, Reese, died in December, two months after Hamsmith discovered her daughter had swallowed a button ...

“She was a spitfire, we knew from the beginning she was a world changer,” says Trista Hamsmith, a mom in Lubbock, Texas, speaking of her young daughter. “On Halloween 2020, Reese woke up sick,” she ...

Reese's Law, named after Reese Hamsmith, strengthens safety on button batteries. A bill designed to help keep young children safe by strengthening safety requirements for products with button ...

An increasing number of little children are eating small lithium batteries, also known as "button" batteries, that power many of our consumer devices, with potentially serious consequences, even death ...

There are around 6,000 pediatric ER visits for button battery ingestion every year in the United States. If you even suspect your child may have swallowed a button battery, take them to the emergency ...

Twice as many kids needed treatment after putting button batteries in their mouths, noses and ears compared with the previous decade, a new study says. Here’s how to prevent it, and what to do if it ...