Public Health

The Ohio Department of Health says exposure to the virus may have occurred at Dayton Children's Hospital ER and the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport.

A grant for over $1 million from the USDA will be used to improve the look – and health – of Possum Creek and Spring Run, said MetroParks officials.

Montgomery County has seen an increase in the presence of a drug called Xylazine in both overdose deaths and drug supply. The county coroner says it has been found in 15 suspected overdose deaths this year.

Dec. 1 is World AIDS Awareness Day. New HIV cases in Montgomery and Greene counties have declined.

Sickle cell disease was long considered a pediatric illness because it took so many children's lives. Health interventions have made it possible for people with sickle cell in the U.S. to live well into adulthood. But the transition out of pediatric care comes with many challenges.

Dayton Children's Hospital held a COVID-19 vaccine clinic for children ages six months to four years old on Wednesday morning. The historic clinic comes just a few days after the FDA granted emergency use authorization for the vaccine down to six months of age.

J.M. Smucker issued a voluntary recall for its Jif peanut butter products last week due to potential salmonella contamination.

The Biden administration is trying to close a gap in the Affordable Care Act that blocks 5 million people from getting affordable health care.

A recent outbreak of monkeypox in Massachusetts has some wondering if it could spread. Doctors say it is very unlikely it will spread into the Cleveland and Akron metro areas.

While supporters touted the bill as a way to protect children, opponents slammed the legislation as an anti-LGBTQ measure that could have harmful results for transgender kids.

The legislation, commonly known as a "trigger" law, would ban abortion in almost all cases.

The Montgomery County Auditor's office put a quilt on display depicting a map of Dayton showing the racially fueled physical divide in the city first conceived in the 1930s. Health experts continue encouraging Ohioans who haven't to get vaccinated and boosted.