Health Spotlight: Video game eases vaccine anxiety in young kids

Health Spotlight: Video game eases vaccine anxiety in young kids

(WISH) — No one looks forward to the sting from a vaccine injection, but, for some, the fear becomes so great that it keeps them from getting it at all.

Estimates show that 2 in 3 children have serious anxiety about needles. That’s why one hospital has devised a way to get their minds off that shot.

News 8’s Brittany Noble shows how the hospital is using a video game to ease the process.

This story was created from a script aired on WISH-TV. Health Spotlight is presented by Community Health Network.