Wellness Wednesday

Data shows routine childhood vaccinations fell sharply in the first months of the coronavirus pandemic although rates began to rebound last summer. We explore the warning from pediatricians about making sure children are up-to-date on their shots.

Homelessness hurts every aspect of a person’s life. This is especially true when it comes to the health of pregnant women and their babies. Today on Wellness Wednesday on All Sides with Ann Fisher, we look at the findings of a central Ohio research project aimed at promoting housing stability and healthier mothers and infants.

CBD is everywhere, and millions of people are using it to treat a host of ailments. But research on its effects in humans is limited. Today on Wellness Wednesday, we take a look at CBD fact from fiction.

Nearly 10,000 people in the U.S. have been infected after receiving the vaccine. Today on Wellness Wednesday, we discuss so-called breakthrough infections of COVID-19.

Researchers have figured out how to block the molecular signals that cause scars to form, at least in mice. On Wellness Wednesday we take a look at healing without scarring and the hurdles ahead.

A panel of vaccine advisors to the Centers for Disease Control and prevention is set to revisit on Friday the decision to pause use of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Johnson and Johnson. We talk with an immunologist explains what the developments mean.

Black babies in Ohio died before their first birthday at a rate three times that of white infants in 2019. A Columbus physician-in-training-turned-filmmaker explores the root causes of this disparity in his film, titled “Risk Factor.”

Antibiotic resistance is “one of the biggest public health challenges of our time,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Antibiotic resistance is “one of the biggest public health challenges of our time,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Finding new uses for old medications isn’t a new practice. But when COVID-19 turned into a pandemic last year, the race was on to find anything already on…