For some, the holiday season is filled with what seems like endless activities that include travel, shopping, attending parties and events, and visiting with family. To that end, there are resources available to help celebrants stay healthy and avoid getting sick during this time of year, officials said. “The holidays are definitely a tough time […]
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Heritage Bank gifts $500,000 to St. Elizabeth heart & vascular services
Heritage Bank has gifted $500,000 to St. Elizabeth Healthcare toward further enhancing heart and vascular services in Northern Kentucky. St. Elizabeth opened a new 67,000 square-foot heart & vascular center in November, bringing more than 30 multi-specialty physicians and 30 advanced practice providers into one central location in Edgewood. The Heritage Bank gift includes naming […]
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NKY Health: Flu Vaccines More Important this Year with COVID-19
With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic still impacting the region, the Northern Kentucky Health Department on Thursday strongly urged residents to get a flu shot as soon as possible. “This year it is more important than ever to receive a flu vaccine,” said District Director of Health Dr. Lynne Saddler. “With both COVID-19 and flu circulating […]
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NKY Health: Middle School Choir Concert Attendees Potentially Exposed to COVID-19
Attendees of a Tichenor Middle School choir concert held March 10 at the Scheben Gymnasium are being informed that they have potentially been exposed to novel coronavirus/COVID-19. A letter was sent to parents and family members by the Northern Kentucky Health Department, and distributed on social media by Erlanger-Elsmere Schools. Dear Parents and Family Members: […]
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Coronavirus: More Businesses in Kentucky Ordered to Close
More Kentucky businesses will be forced to close in order to prevent people from congregating and possibly spreading COVID-19/coronavirus, which is now a global pandemic. Governor Andy Beshear announced Tuesday that the Commonwealth has 26 confirmed cases, though none are reported to be in Northern Kentucky. The state already requested the closure of schools, with […]
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Christ Hospital Opens COVID-19 Test Collection Sites
Christ Hospital is opening multiple testing sites across Cincinnati amid the coronavirus/COVID-19 outbreak. The sites will collect nasal samples and send them to labs so that they may be tested for the virus, which is now part of a global pandemic. The first site opened in Mason, Oh. on Monday and has already performed more […]
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St. Elizabeth Announces New Visitor Restrictions, Cancels Elective Surgeries
St. Elizabeth Healthcare announced Tuesday new visitor restrictions amid the coronavirus/COVID-19 outbreak. Though there are no confirmed cases in Northern Kentucky, the region’s largest health care provider is not allow visitors into any clinical setting unless the person is a single designated partner or primary caretaker of a mother delivering a baby. No visitors under […]
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Restaurants, Bars to Close to In-Person Dining; Gov. Urges Child Care Center to Prepare to Close
Governor Andy Beshear said Monday morning that he will order the closure of restaurants and bars in Kentucky, limiting their service to carry-out and delivery only. The decision comes in response to the coronavirus/COVID-19 which has become a global pandemic. Beshear spoke on Monday of “patriotic duty” and “Team Kentucky”, and also announced the state’s […]
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Coronavirus: NKY Cancellations, Closures
This is the latest information on closures and closings in Northern Kentucky as of 5:0 p.m. on Thursday. There are no reported cases of coronavirus in Northern Kentucky, though there are eight confirmed cases in Kentucky overall. On Thursday afternoon, Governor Andy Beshear called on all schools, public and private, in Kentucky to close for […]
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Kentucky Now Has 4 Confirmed Cases of Coronavirus, Beshear Announces
There are now four confirmed cases of coronavirus in Kentucky, Governor Andy Beshear announced on Sunday afternoon. Three additional cases were reported by the governor on Sunday following his initial announcement on Friday evening that one person had tested positive in Harrison County. There are single cases in Fayette and Jefferson counties, the state’s two […]