Children's Health

Xenia Public Schools and Dayton Children’s Hospital have partnered to create a new school-based health and wellness center. The center will be at Warner Middle School for the 2022-2023 school year.

Research suggests breast milk from vaccinated mothers offers at least some protection against the coronavirus. With children under 5 still too young for the vaccine, some parents are seeking out donated breast milk with antibodies for protection.

As competition for low-wage workers heats up, residential treatment centers across the U.S. are suffering from staff shortages. When the facilities that care for the nation’s most vulnerable youth are short-staffed, the consequences can be dire.

Hundreds of school-age children received COVID-19 vaccines at Hudson Middle School Friday, alongside their parents, health care workers dressed in superhero capes - and even the governor. Disney music blared over the loudspeaker and superhero signs hung from the walls as kids as young as 5 came in to get their shot. Six-year-old Mia Spirtos-Bacino got the vaccine “because it’ll fight off the virus,” she said. “I don’t really feel safe on the playground because there are so many classes, so many people,” she said.

But they need to wear masks and they can't stay in class if they are showing symptoms of COVID-19.

Sponsors of the bill say children under 18 should not receive hormone blockers or surgery to transition to a different gender.

Deferred doctors visits during the pandemic have left kids across the country behind on routine inoculations.

Earlier in the pandemic, older Ohioans were most at risk. But pediatricians say the Delta variant means more children are coming down ill with COVID these days.

Meg Hartz spent four years trying to secure comprehensive mental health care for her son, and she believes he could have avoided in-patient treatment if she would not have faced so many delays and roadblocks.

In 2017, Brigid’s Path in Dayton became the first newborn recovery center for babies born to mothers facing addiction. In 2020, the organization says they experienced an 18 percent increase in the clients they serve.

The COVID-10 pandemic has had a big impact on Americans’ mental health. Hotline calls have increased. And doctors have seen an increase in depression like symptoms in patients -- even children. Health professionals are encouraging adults to talk to children about mental health and suicide.

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on children’s mental health across the country. Advocates are trying to address the problem, but resources can be...