Children's Health

The donation from the Jursich family will allow the unit to further support pediatric burn, cleft lip and palate, and craniofacial care.

Partnering with Sunlight Village and CityWide Development Corporation, Dayton Children's Hospital plans to break ground on an $8 million center in June 2024.

Dayton Children’s Hospital broke ground on a new three-story behavioral health center.

The American Academy of Pediatrics has released new, controversial guidelines for treating childhood obesity. An expert at Rocking Horse medical center in Springfield puts them into context.

Springfield City School District is primed to get a new health clinic. It will be housed inside the high school, offering affordable health care to students, staff and the community.

The University of Dayton has launched a Health Equity Fellowship and Health Equity Activation Think Tank to help address gaps in healthcare access in Dayton.

The nation is experiencing an amoxicillin shortage. The CDC says the drug is a first line therapy for sick children. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown signed a bipartisan letter to the Biden administration urging action.

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.