The delta variant has become the predominant cause of COVID-19 infection in Ohio and throughout the country. With cases and hospitalizations on the rise locally, our children are vulnerable to infection. Dr. Eric Robinette, a pediatric infectious disease physician at Akron Children’s, answers parents’ questions about the COVID-19 delta variant and insights into how close […]
Doctors address parents’ COVID-19 vaccine concerns in young kids during panel discussion
Are you wondering if your child should receive the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine? As children ages 5 to 11 are now eligible to receive it, we want parents to have all the information they need. Critical care physicians Drs. Michael Bigham and Michael Forbes, and infectious disease physician Dr. Eric Robinette recently participated in a […]
Meet Ryland: A MIS-C survivor
As of today, 4,400 children in the U.S. have been diagnosed with COVID-19-associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). While numbers help us gauge the spread and severity of COVID-19, they don’t tell the whole story of how this virus impacts patients, especially the most vulnerable. After suffering a severe brain injury at birth, Ryland […]