Learning to swim opens the doors to a number of activities, like water aerobics classes, snorkeling and lap swimming. Not to mention, it can be a lifesaver (literally) in an accident. Yet, more than ...

Formal swimming lessons significantly reduce the risk of drowning for young children. More than 40 million adults don't know how to swim; more than half have never taken a lesson. Nonfatal drowning ...

The inaugural Chicago River Swim is a symbol of how far we’ve come toward treating urban rivers, not as scars but as veins.