A new normal for outpatient surgeries at Akron Children’s

May 4 has been a long time coming for the Mundy family. After a series of restrictions and closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jessica Mundy’s surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) was postponed March 21. The ACL is a ligament that helps stabilize your knee and girls are 8 times more… Read more…
Help Akron Children’s protect our patients and staff with DIY face masks

UPDATED 4-24-20 Akron Children’s Hospital’s top priority is the health and safety of our patients, staff and visitors. As COVID-19 cases continue to rise across Ohio and hospital beds fill up, face masks may play a large part in keeping us all safe. Wearing a mask may potentially help slow the spread of COVID-19 when… Read more…
10 ways to beat boredom and keep families busy amidst COVID-19 pandemic

All Ohio schools closed. Bars, restaurants eat-in dining rooms shuttered. Sports and other events cancelled. COVID-19 has changed every family’s daily routine, activities and even their spring break travel plans for the foreseeable future. We’re quarantined in our homes with no place to go. Parents are stressed, while kids are fighting boredom. Now what? “Through… Read more…
Coronavirus Q&A: Answers to your top 10 questions

Akron Children’s Hospital Pediatrician Dr. Sarah Adams shares insight on COVID-19 and how to protect your family. How is COVID-19 different from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Ebola and other global outbreaks? Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are common in people and many different species of animals. Human coronaviruses can cause mild… Read more…
What parents should know about novel coronavirus

Large cities on lockdown. Flights suspended. A rising death toll … a global health emergency. The headlines are anxiety-producing, even for those oceans away from the epicenter of this health crisis. And now the first cases and deaths in the United States have been reported. The spread of a novel strain of coronavirus (COVID-19), first… Read more…

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