Vaccinations

Three unvaccinated children from the same household in Cuyahoga County are the first reported cases of measles in the state, one of which had symptoms onset at the end of 2025.

Practicing hand hygiene and avoiding crowds are other ways to avoid the flu this season.

Ohio Department of Health reports flu-related hospitalizations are increasing. Flu vaccines are recommended for everyone six months and older.

Measles is a contagious and vaccine-preventable disease. Anyone exposed March 16 at the Beavercreek bowling alley should contact their local public health department.

There are two known locations where a Montgomery County resident could have exposed others to measles, including the March 8 show of Disney on Ice in Cincinnati.

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.

Homelessness Memorial and Bad Weather; Search for Missing Infant Continues; Vaccination Rates Study; Keeping Kids Warm in Cold Weather

Pike County Massacre Sentencing; Measles Discovered in Clark County; UD Heath Equity Fellowship and Think Tank; New Body Cams; Homestead Exemption Deadline Looming

The flu is reemerging with a vengeance after seemingly vanishing for the past few years. Now as the number of local hospitalizations are climbing, public health officials are urging everyone to get their flu vaccine.

20 children have been hospitalized so far from a measles outbreak that started last month in Columbus–the vast majority of them are not vaccinated against the viral infection.

October marks the start of flu season. It virtually disappeared during the height of the pandemic. But now some local public health experts are concerned there'll be a surge in both flu and COVID-19 infections this upcoming winter.

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.