Earlier this year, when Aimee Symington tried to plan with other moms a banquet for her daughter Gracie's dance club, she had trouble finding a place that would guarantee helium balloons ...

Balloons just got real. An element of the periodic table, helium is what chemists call an inert gas. Helium has an atomic number of 2. It's nontoxic, nonflammable, and is used in several ...

Some balloons had personal messages tied to their strings. The event, called Glow for Gracie, was born after friends of Bateson took some photos of the sky at Dillon Dam and found a "glow" in the ...

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A global helium shortage is impacting everything from party balloons to scientific research. "It's very tough for us right now," said Ethan Truong, owner of HD Balloons in ...

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 ...