Dayton Children’s newest canine co-pilot is already making an impact on children struggling with mental health as Dayton Children’s Hospital prepares to start moving into the recently completed Mathile Center for Mental Health and Wellness.

As the ongoing youth mental health crisis grows, Dayton Children’s Hospital is meeting children’s need for access to professional help with the opening of its $110 million Mathile Center for Mental Health and Wellness.

Kettering Health’s online patient portal, MyChart, is back online, after nearly three weeks of being out of commission after a cyberattack took down the hospital organization’s technology systems.

Kettering Health plans by next week to restore access to the online patient portal MyChart, which has been out of commission for nearly three weeks.

A ransomware group called Interlock is claiming it stole 941 GB of data (more than 730,000 files) from Kettering Health after recently taking credit for the May 20 cyberattack against the hospital organization, according to cybersecurity experts.

Dayton Children’s opened its latest outpatient care center in the Centerville and Washington Twp. area after first announcing the $11.8 million project in December 2023.

Kettering Health hopes its phone systems and health records software, Epic, will have more functionality next week, the hospital organization said, which also recognized that a “small subset” of its records were accessed by an unauthorized user.

Kettering Health is no longer diverting emergency ambulances to other hospitals, according to its latest update amid its ongoing technology outage, bringing Kettering Health’s emergency departments back to being fully operational.

Kettering Health Primary Care practices are open for walk-in appointments with people who are already established Kettering Health patients, the hospital organization said in its latest update on its technology outage.

As the ongoing technology outage at Kettering Health continues, the hospital organization is seeing progress getting its systems back up online and more quickly compared to industry standards, the organization says.

For the first time in four days since a cyberattack dramatically disabled its tech system, administrators with the region’s largest hospital system spoke publicly Friday night try to calm the fear among employees and thousands of patients in the region.

Downtown Dayton does not have a police station, but the city wants to change that.

Public Health - Dayton & Montgomery County is looking to build up the number of volunteers it has in its region of the Ohio Medical Reserve Corps after a number of volunteers have left since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Numerous hospitals in the region received “A” grades on safety from the Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization that grades hospitals on how well they prevent medical errors and harm to patients.

Dayton Children’s has started construction on a new pediatric urgent care in West Dayton in an effort to widen its reach and connect with families in their neighborhood.

Nurses at Miami Valley Hospital are working on organizing to form a union, and organizers say they have been coming up against tough pushback from the hospital.

As the number of people with Alzheimer’s and the amount of unpaid caregiving continue to go up, the Alzheimer’s Association is advocating for more research and access to biomarker testing to help detect the disease early.

Before Alice Henry first began experiencing symptoms of perimenopause, she had no idea how drastically they would impact her ability to function daily. “It was really shocking,” said Henry, a Centerville native who lives in Columbus.

After legislation that would have regulated pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) failed in last year’s Ohio General Assembly, new guidelines are being proposed in the state budget bill.

People in the region are continuing to struggle to afford food as prices haven’t relented since the upswing following the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some tips to make the most of the food you have at home:

A local author is releasing a new set of books on the history of Hungarians in Dayton, and he will be launching the books Saturday at the Magyar Club of Dayton’s Eastern European Experience.

Following the second auction for the former YWCA Huber Heights campus, the Montgomery County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) board authorized the sale to the highest bid of $2.6 million.

Some area county auditors say part of the Ohio House-approved budget bill lawmakers are touting as long-awaited property tax reform “came out of the blue” and has a number of flaws. The spending plan includes a provision that forces school districts to cut their cash carryover to 30%.

A Dayton woman who had been banned from being a Medicaid provider received a prison sentence for stealing $1.5 million from Medicaid. www.daytondailynews.com/local/dayton...

Stock market volatility isn’t new, financial advisors and other experts say. Here's what they told us about what to do instead of panicking and how to stay the course with your investment strategy: www.daytondailynews.com/local/panic-...

Ohio's #Medicaid expansion group is at risk -- find out how and also how access to health insurance through Medicaid has helped people in the local area: www.daytondailynews.com/local/medica...

I'm looking to talk to people from the region about how they're getting by, such as where they are shopping for groceries or other goods, if their shopping habits have changed at all and if they're making due with less. www.daytondailynews.com/local/feelin...

Anti-abortion activists with Dayton Right to Life held a rally Wednesday outside of the Dayton Surgical Center of Planned Parenthood, coinciding with the U.S. Supreme Court hearing oral arguments for Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic: www.daytondailynews.com/local/anti-a...

The Montgomery County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) board unanimously rejected a $2.13 million bid for the former YWCA Huber Heights campus to the auction winner who is facing indictments in Franklin County. www.daytondailynews.com/local/board-...

The hospital system Mercy Health announced a multi-year agreement with the health insurer Cigna to keep its members on employer-funded health plans in network at Mercy Health’s locations. www.daytondailynews.com/local/mercy-...

The winner of an auction for the former YWCA Huber Heights campus is facing multiple indictments in Franklin County over allegations related to investment fraud, which he says are false allegations. www.daytondailynews.com/local/auctio...

As measles cases approach 500 nationwide, how many kids in your area are vaccinated against the highly contagious virus? Search our database below to see the percentage of kindergarten students who are vaccinated at each elementary school in Ohio. www.daytondailynews.com/local/measle...

A measles outbreak has been confirmed in northeast Ohio in Ashtabula County, according to the Ohio Department of Health, which also said someone traveling to Ohio exposed others to measles in Knox County and that surrounding region. www.daytondailynews.com/local/measle...

Mercy Health, one of the largest health systems in Ohio, and the health insurance provider Cigna are approaching an April 1 deadline as they continue to negotiate rates that would keep the health system’s services covered under Cigna’s commercial plans. www.daytondailynews.com/local/mercy-...

People may think a Pro Football Hall of Fame star oozes with confidence, but for former Cincinnati Bengal Anthony Muñoz, he felt the pressure to succeed like when there were millions of viewers locked in on Sundays. www.daytondailynews.com/local/i-need...

Republicans in Congress want to make significant cuts to the federal budget, and some local workers are worried those cuts could impact social services like Medicare and Medicaid. www.daytondailynews.com/local/union-...

The air nuisance rule is part of Ohio’s State Implementation Plan under the federal Clean Air Act. It limits the emission of harmful gases and allows citizens to file suits in federal court in order to enforce the Clean Air Act themselves. www.daytondailynews.com/local/ohio-l...

We're looking for people who have used Medicaid in the past or are currently on Medicaid to talk to them about their experiences and what kind of impact the Medicaid program had on their lives: www.daytondailynews.com/local/have-y...

Ohioans submitted more than 400 responses to the Ohio Department of Medicaid in response to a proposed rule that would require certain Medicaid recipients to be employed, in school or in a training program to keep their health coverage. www.daytondailynews.com/local/work-r...

Wright State University’s Boonshoft School of Medicine and Dayton Children’s Hospital will be expanding a longtime partnership: www.daytondailynews.com/local/dayton...

The nonprofit that operates blood donor operations in downtown Dayton is considering options for a new location. www.daytondailynews.com/local/versit...

Dayton’s Ronald McDonald House Charities, a nonprofit that houses families of hospitalized children, has demolished its former main building after moving into its new facility. www.daytondailynews.com/local/ronald...

After 191 pharmacies closed in Ohio last year, the total number of pharmacies in the state dropped below 2,000; the first time in more than a decade, according to the Ohio Pharmacy Board's new dashboard. www.daytondailynews.com/local/ohio-f...

The surge in influenza in this region is driving up area hospitals' patient loads in emergency rooms, the Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association says, which could lead to longer wait times in the ER and alternative workflows as hospitals adjust. www.daytondailynews.com/local/hospit...

A federal 2021 rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid requires hospitals to post prices online. Read on to see how you can compare prices locally #hospitalpricetransparency www.daytondailynews.com/local/hospit...

Health care options are expanding in west Dayton as a new primary care office, pharmacy open. A new pediatric clinic is still to come: www.daytondailynews.com/local/health...

As more cancers are being linked to the human papillomavirus, including cancers showing up in younger-than-average patients, a local doctor is encouraging the use of the HPV vaccine. www.daytondailynews.com/local/doctor...

Car insurance rates are expected to go up again this year, though Ohioans will likely see lower increases and lower costs than drivers in other states. www.daytondailynews.com/local/car-in...

Ohio’s infant mortality rate remains one of the highest in the country and advocates for mothers and children said more needs to be done in the state to help lower the rate. www.daytondailynews.com/local/concer...

The Dayton Art Institute is facing financial headwinds this year following five-straight years of budgets in the red and after its major fundraising event in 2024 had a dismal performance, forcing the museum to lay off multiple employees. www.daytondailynews.com/local/facing...