Akron Children's Hospital

The clinic is open for children and young adults up to the age of 26.

Akron Children’s is the only specialized center for tic disorders in the region. The service is hard to get into, with some patients waiting years for a spot in the program.

Doctors with children’s hospitals in Ohio said they are seeing an increase in respiratory viruses at the same time COVID cases are increasing.

With kids heading back to school, officials warn the number of cases will continue to rise if schools don't take precautions to reduce the spread of the virus.

Akron Children’s Hospital will require its employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine; a crowd gathered outside of Summa Health’s Akron campus Monday night to protest the hospital’s vaccine requirement; the Cuyahoga County Commons Pleas Court's General Division employees are required to get the COVID-19 vaccine by Oct. 15; and more stories.

Fueled by the delta variant, cases of COVID-19 in Ohio have soared to a statewide average of 125 per 100,000 people according to the Ohio Department of Health; Summa Health is the first hospital in Akron to announce it is requiring that its employees receive the COVID-19 vaccine; the state health department continues to report strong numbers of vaccination this week; and more stories.

Christopher Gessner comes to Children's from UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital and previously worked at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Despite a recommendation from the Ohio Hospital Association, Akron's hospitals are still looking into the effects of making COVID-19 vaccinations a requirement for their employees.

A listener asks if the school day should be shifted later for teens.

This is not the time to remove masks as half of the hospital system's patients aren't able to be vaccinated yet, says the system's chief medical officer.