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Rachel Triola, a registered behavioral technician at Akron Children's Tom and Jill Zidian Family Autism Center, helps 4-year-old Niko Wasiela down a slide as he plays in the center's gross motor room on Thursday, March 12, 2026. Niko was diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum last year, and the treatment he's receiving aims to help him develop his social and verbal skills, as well as gross and fine motor skills. (Ryan Loew / Signal Akron)

New autism center at Akron Children’s helps kids build communication and social skills

by Shams Mustafa March 25, 2026March 25, 2026

Staci and Kevin Howley with their son George, They Howley's formed the Be Cheechy Foundation after George's. death in June of 2025. It's a nonprofit organization established in his honor to spread joy through random acts of kindness, or “cheeching” people.

Be Cheechy. Memory of joyful 3-year-old sparks random acts-of-kindness nonprofit

by Lauren Cohen March 23, 2026March 22, 2026

Amanda Wade, a pediatric nurse practitioner at Akron Children’s Hospital, is the new director for the University of Akron’s pediatric nurse practitioner program.

Building pediatric nurse practitioner pipeline goal of Akron Children’s, UA partnership

by Lauren Cohen March 21, 2026March 20, 2026

Levi Buxman, 11, joined by his parents Branden and Lauren Buxman, rings the bell March 13 after officially ending his treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia at Akron Children’s hospital.

‘He is a crazy tough kid.’ Akron Children’s celebrates end to treatment for cancer patient

by Lauren Cohen March 13, 2026March 13, 2026

Therapy dog Nola rests her head on blankets while visiting with 8-year-old Alivia Haag at Akron Children's on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. Nola, a 5-year-old Pembroke Welsh corgi, is one of several certified therapy dogs in the hospital's Doggie Brigade program.

Arts and Culture

Meet Nola, therapy dog at Akron Children’s and subject of a new book

by Shams Mustafa March 10, 2026March 16, 2026

The new inverted food pyramid introduced last month by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the USDA, wide at the top, emphasizes protein, dairy and heart-healthy fats as a base, with fruits and vegetables still prominent. Whole grains and ultra-processed food were de-emphasized.

Can the flipped food pyramid keep Akron residents healthy? Local experts weigh in

by Abby Cymerman February 23, 2026March 2, 2026

Dr. Deepak Ozhathil, an Akron Children’s hospital burn institute surgeon, holds a vial of Iloprost, an intravenous drug intended to help victim’s of frostbite, on Jan. 27, 2026.

Akron Children’s among first U.S. hospitals using new frostbite drug to prevent amputations

by Lauren Cohen January 30, 2026January 29, 2026

Dr. Megan Knowles, left, informs Courtney Wehman and her mother Stephanie that she’s due for a flu shot during a check up at Akron Children’s Hospital, Jan. 14, 2026, in Akron. In the new childhood immunization schedule released by the CDC, the flu vaccine is now recommended to patients based on shared clinical decision making.

What Akron parents need to know about the new childhood vaccination guidelines

by Lauren Cohen January 17, 2026January 16, 2026

Renee Redenshek, a child life specialist at Akron Children’s hospital, (left) visits with Caroline Martin on Thursday, Nov. 13, looking at beads the 10-year-old has collected as part of the Beads of Courage program. Caroline has been fighting osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer, since she received her diagnosis on May 31.

Arts and Culture

Small beads reward big achievements of cancer patients at Akron Children’s

by Abby Cymerman November 17, 2025November 17, 2025

Unmodified colorized transmission electron micrograph of a measles virus particle

Ohio reported its first measles case in 2025. Here’s what you need to know about this highly contagious virus.

by Susan Zake and Reegan Davis Saunders March 24, 2025March 23, 2025

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