Therapy Dogs Comfort Kids Getting COVID-19 Vaccines

Our friends at the Today Show are reporting on therapy dogs being used to comfort children at children’s hospitals across the country while the kids get their COVID-19 shots. “It was the perfect distraction,” Micaela Inglese, volunteer coordinator at John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital in Buffalo, N.Y., told TODAY Parents. “Dog therapy … really helps … Continue reading Therapy Dogs Comfort Kids Getting COVID-19 Vaccines →

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