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Come Thursday, Ohio will expand its list of eligible Ohioans who can sign up to receive the coronavirus vaccine. Phase 1C includes those with Type 1...

Editor's note : On Monday, March 1, the same day this article was published, Gov. Mike DeWine announced that some childcare workers would become...

As Ohio teachers continue to receive their coronavirus vaccines, daycare workers and pre-school teachers are arguing they should be prioritized like other…

Ohio’s educators could start getting the COVID-19 vaccine as early as next week, but there’s a group conspicuously missing from the list: the early child care providers who look after Ohio’s infants, toddlers and pre-schoolers. Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday his team will continue to evaluate the state’s COVID-19 vaccine priorities after early child care workers submitted a petition with 11,000 signatures asking to be included in the upcoming vaccination tier for teachers.

Ohio should follow the science on lead poisoning and commit to a prevention-first strategy for all centers and homes licensed to provide child care,…

Sierra is in a bind. She and her husband have two children — ages three and nine years old — and they live in Urbana, a college town in east-central...

Many Ohio day cares have remained open for much of the pandemic, with protections in place to help limit the risk of an outbreak. Staff and children have to wear masks and wash their hands more frequently, many centers have taken additional steps to sanitize buildings, and the number of children in one room has been reduced. But all that extra work doesn’t erase Northeast Ohio parents’ concerns about sending children to day care.

At least two-thirds of U.S. families are struggling to find safe and affordable child care as the pandemic rages on. NPR asked infectious disease experts to help sort the health risks of each option.

The economic toll of the pandemic has led to the loss of nearly a quarter million jobs for child care providers, nearly all of whom are women and disproportionately Black or Latina.

One of the lawyers who's led the charge against Ohio's public health orders is now pursuing a lawsuit on behalf of daycare centers, even after the state…