MIDDLETOWN — Premier Health has announced its first birth of the new year.
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Atrium Medical Center welcomed the health network’s first baby of 2026 at 12:24 a.m.
The first birth was a baby boy named Koah.
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Koah was born to Kaniya Murray and Andre Murray Jr., of Mason.
A spokesperson for Premier Health said the Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton has had a busy start to the year, as well. Approximately 11 babies were born there between midnight and 2 p.m. on Jan. 1
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